PYGMY HIPPO DIET IN THE WILD

Diet in the Wild: The Pygmy hippopotamus is a herbivore and feed on vegetation, such as, succulents, tender shoots, Water plants, grasses, Fruit, leaves, roots, grasses, and fallen fruit. Pygmy hippopotamus also feed on aquatic plants, unlike Nile hippopotamuses, .

The pygmy hippo resting places are usually in wet areas, for food they go to higher grounds. Feeding takes place mainly at night. They usually begin feeding in the afternoon, and continue until midnight. Hippopotamuses have multi-chambered stomachs that function like that of ruminants, however they do not chew cud. They do enjoy some of the advantages of rumination, but are classified as pseudoruminants.

The Pygmy hippo digest food in their complex stomach with 3 chambers.