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
Pygmy sunfish to care for, but require small live worms, insects, or crustaceans as food. Most individuals will not eat prepared fish foods. The generic name "Elassoma" derives from the Greek ελάσσων ("elasson") meaning smaller and σώμα ("soma") meaning body, in reference to the fishes' diminutive size compared to the true sunfishes. The currently recognized species in this genus are: Pygmy sunfish Elassoma is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of family Elassomatidae and suborder Elassomatoidei of order Perciformes. The type species is "E. zonatum," the banded pygmy sunfish. The Elassomatidae are known collectively as pygmy sunfishes, but are not