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
Protected areas of Vietnam beach where the sea turtle nestle is located on a promontory bordering a marine park with coral reefs; 11 species of turtles, both terrestrial and marine are recorded. Global conservation concerns are serious in view of anthropological pressures in the area particularly for black-shanked douc ("Pygathrix nigripes") highest number in Vietnam, pygmy loris ("Nycticebus pygmaeus"), Asian black bear ("Ursus thibetanus"), sun bear ("U. malayanus"), large-antlered muntjac "Muntiacus vuquangensis" and Siamese fireback ("Lophura diardi"). The total Fauna recorded in the park consist of 72 mammal species and 181 bird species. Bats are also common; "Cynopterus brachyotis" is the endangered species out