What is a baby hippopotamus called?
Pygmy hippopotamus a "cow", and a baby as a "calf". A group of hippopotami is known as a "herd" or a "bloat". The pygmy hippopotamus is a member of the family Hippopotamidae where it is classified as a member of either the genus "Choeropsis" ("resembling a hog") or, the genus "Hexaprotodon" ("six front teeth"). Members of Hippopotamidae are sometimes known as hippopotamids. Sometimes the sub-family Hippopotaminae is used. Further, some taxonomists group hippopotami and anthracotheres in the superfamily "Anthracotheroidea" or "Hippopotamoidea". A sister species of the pygmy hippopotamus may have been the little-studied Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus ("Hexaprotodon madagascariensis" or "Hippopotamus madagascariensis"), one
Pygmy hippopotamus in U.S. zoos today. Several folktales have been collected about the pygmy hippopotamus. One tale says that pygmy hippos carry a shining diamond in their mouths to help travel through thick forests at night; by day the pygmy hippo has a secret hiding place for the diamond, but if a hunter catches a pygmy hippo at night the diamond can be taken. Villagers sometimes believed that baby pygmy hippos do not nurse but rather lick secretions off the skin of the mother. Pygmy hippopotamus The pygmy hippopotamus ("Choeropsis liberiensis" or "Hexaprotodon liberiensis") is a small hippopotamid which is native to