Pygmy hippopotamus Conservation Union estimates that fewer than 3,000 pygmy hippos remain in the wild. Pygmy hippos are primarily threatened by loss of habitat, as forests are logged and converted to farm land, and are also vulnerable to poaching, hunting for bushmeat, natural predators, and war. Pygmy hippos are among the species illegally hunted for food in Liberia. Nomenclature of the pygmy hippopotamus reflects that of the hippopotamus. The plural form is pygmy hippopotami ("hippopotamuses" is also accepted as a plural form by the OED, or "pygmy hippos" for short). A male pygmy hippopotamus is known as a "bull", a female as
Parasa pygmy a length of about 20 mm. The head and body ground coloration is green. The species probably overwinters as an egg. Parasa pygmy Parasa pygmy is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in Taiwan, inhabiting mountains, at altitudes ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 meters. The wingspan is 24–25 mm. The forewing ground colour is chestnut with a large median green patch delimited externally by a thin white line, which in turn is lined by a brown border. The hindwings are chestnut. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-August to early October, probably in one generation per