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
Japanese pygmy woodpecker three weeks. The species has a large range and a stable population, so the IUCN has assessed it as a least-concern species. Japanese pygmy woodpecker The Japanese pygmy woodpecker or pygmy woodpecker ("Yungipicus kizuki") is a species of woodpecker. It is found in coniferous and deciduous forests in Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan. This species has also been placed in the genus "Dendrocopos" or "Picoides". The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. This species was described by Temminck in 1836. The IOC World Bird List recognizes the following subspecies: