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
Wildlife of Haiti hutia, Hispaniolan edible rat and imposter hutia. Marine mammal fauna reported are manatees, pygmy sperm whale, Fraser's dolphin, Atlantic spinner dolphin, Atlantic spotted dolphin, long-beaked dolphin, Pacific pilot whale and grey dolphin. There are a large number of species of bats and many are endemic to Haiti. Some of the identified bat species are: greater bulldog bat, sooty mustached bat, Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, Pallas's mastiff bat, Mexican funnel-eared bat, big free-tailed bat, Cuban flower bat, Cuban fig-eating bat, Parnell's mustached bat, Brazilian free-tailed bat, Jamaican fruit-eating bat and Cuban fruit-eating bat. A notable introduced mammal is the wild boar. Etang