| I'd like a pygmy hippo for overland journeys, and a manatee for underwater travel. |
| Although currently regulated, trade in hippo ivory is not banned, and enforcing trade quotas remains a prickly problem. |
| The pygmy hippo, which is the smallest species, occurs in West Africa, especially in or near rivers, lakes, and swamps. |
| The rebels are believed to be eating and selling hippo meat and taking the animals' teeth for ivory. |
| For example, most grazing and mixed feeding ungulates have hypsodont teeth, but the hippo and the rock hyrax have brachyodont teeth. |
| Last month Kenyan game wardens rescued the hippo after he had been separated from his herd. |
