Pygmy Hippo Figurine - Small Hand Painted Wild Animal Toy Figure - Safari Ltd 229229

This small Pygmy Hippo Figurine is hand painted and highly detailed with a natural color-scheme that replicates the real animal, making the figure extremely realistic looking. Ideal for crafts, dioramas, displays, or play. A perfect gift for collectors, wild animal lovers, educators, and children. Due to being hand painted, each animal figure may look slightly different.

At first glance, the pygmy hippopotamus may look like the baby of its relative, the common hippopotamus. However, it is fully grown at about half the size and a quarter of the weight of its larger cousin. Its nostrils are also less prominent, because it spends much less time in an aquatic environment than the common hippo.

History: Pygmy hippos are endangered due to several factors. Their West African forest habitat is being depleted by logging activity to create housing and land for agriculture.

Scientific Name: Choeropsis liberiensis

Characteristics: This small pygmy hippo figure is posed in mid walk, as if trekking through the forests it calls home. This expertly painted and highly detailed pygmy hippo toy figure reflects the hippos rotund body, small legs and textured, pebbly skin. 

Size: The pygmy hippo toy figure measures 3 ¼ inches long and 1 ¾ inches tall. It's approximately the size of a credit card.