The tiny male calf is the first pygmy hippo born at Zoo New England. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them. The calf, who is unnamed for now, is the first pygmy hippo ever born at the Franklin Park Zoo. Credit: San Diego Zoo . As a zoo official said: “He carried his work to the end.” In 1960, William V.S. Other potential predators include crocodiles and pythons. In 1963, we received three pygmy hippos, a pair from the Ivory Coast and a female born at the Basel Zoo in Switzerland. The first pygmy hippopotamus to be born at Franklin Park Zoo has been named Ptolemy, the zoo announced Friday. ZSL is working in the field and in our zoos to protect the remaining populations. The forests in which pygmy hippos live have been subject to logging, settling and conversion to agriculture, with little efforts made to make logging sustainable. Pygmy hippos are mainly preyed upon by leopards. The name is fitting, the zoo said in a statement, because the baby hippo… Akobi was introduced to the public for … The pygmy hippopotamus, or pygmy hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis, is an endangered mammal of high conservation concern endemic to the threatened Upper Guinea forest hotspot of West Africa. To add to this, the already rare pygmy hippo’s situation deteriorated further, being upgraded from “Vulnerable” to “Endangered.” Yet the animal relocated from the National Zoo’s elephant house whose situation remains most dire is the rhinoceros. Above: The male pygmy hippo calf was born at the San Diego Zoo to Mabel, a 4-year-old pygmy hippopotamus, just before 9 a.m. on April 9, and weighed 12.4 pounds. A 12-pound pygmy hippo calf born was born April 9 at the San Diego Zoo, the first successful pygmy hippo birth at the zoo in more than 30 years. Akobi, a 40-pound, 67-day-old pygmy hippopotamus, wades in the water at the San Diego Zoo on June 15, 2020. The birth was a joyous moment marking the culmination of years of work, careful planning and dedication by the animal care and veterinary teams. The Franklin Park Zoo announced that Cleopatra, its pygmy hippopotamus, has given birth to a 13-pound male calf at Franklin Park Zoo. Eighteen hippos in 18 years. "The birth … It was the zoo’s first successful pygmy hippo birth in more than 30 years. Late in the afternoon on Monday, October 5, Cleopatra, a pygmy hippopotamus, gave birth to a 13-pound male calf at Franklin Park Zoo. Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The main threat to pygmy hippos is habitat loss due to deforestation. The San Diego Zoo’s first pygmy hippo, an adult female named Tiny, was obtained in 1941. SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CNN) — Pygmy hippos are an endangered species, but in April, one was born at the San Diego Zoo.