Pygmy hippopotamus boar; unlike those of the common hippo, the pygmy hippo's teeth have no value. The effects of West Africa's civil strife on the pygmy hippopotamus are unknown, but unlikely to be positive. The pygmy hippopotamus can be killed by leopards, pythons and crocodiles. How often this occurs is unknown. "C. liberiensis" was identified as one of the top-10 "focal species" in 2007 by the Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) project. Some populations inhabit protected areas, such as the Gola Forest Reserve in Sierra Leone. Basel Zoo in Switzerland holds the international studbook and coordinates the entire captive pygmy hippo
Pygmy corydoras pygmy, in its scientific name, "Corydoras pygmaeus". The common names for the species are "pygmy catfish" and "pygmy corydoras". A species of Corydoras with a similar appearance, "Corydoras hastatus" was described in the 1880s, and many specimens that were described as "Corydoras hastatus" between the 1920s and 1950s were subsequently found to be misidentified specimens of the pygmy corydoras. In older literature, the pygmy corydoras is frequently mislabeled because "Corydoras hastatus" was the only miniature Corydoras species known at the time. The pygmy corydoras is a silver-colored fish, with an unbroken black line that runs horizontally along the center of