Hippopotamus Surprise egg" of the Italian chocolate company Ferrero SpA. Hippopotamus The common hippopotamus ("Hippopotamus amphibius"), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus ("Choeropsis liberiensis" or "Hexaprotodon liberiensis"). The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are
Pygmy treeshrew Pygmy treeshrew The pygmy treeshrew ("Tupaia minor") is a treeshrew species within the family Tupaiidae. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. The generic name is derived from the Malay word "tupai" meaning squirrel or small animals that resemble squirrels. "T.minor" is distributed in peninsular Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Lingga Archipelago (Indonesia), Borneo, offshore islands of Laut (Indonesia), and Banggi and Balambangan (Malaysia). From the "Catalogue of Mammal Skins in Sarawak Museum, Kuching, Sarawak", more than 30 individuals of "T. minor" have been collected from 1891 to 1991. The specimens were mostly caught in Mt Penrisen, Mt Dulit,