pygmy

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Pygmy hippos are much smaller than their river cousins and critically endangered, with fewer than 2,500 believed to remain in the wild.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

Pygmy hippos can be housed and supported at a much lower cost.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

Pygmy hippos, which are endangered, usually live between 30-50 years.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2023

Hannan's Pygmy Squid, Kodama jujutsu, is a newly discovered species within a whole new genus.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023

The Semang Negritos persisted as hunter-gatherers trading with neighboring farmers but adopted an Austroasiatic language from those farmers—much as, we shall see, Philippine Negrito and African Pygmy hunter-gatherers adopted languages from their farmer trading partners.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond