- In anthropology,
pygmy peoples are
ethnic groups whose average height is
unusually short. The term
pygmyism is used to
describe the
phenotype of endemic...
- The
pygmy hippopotamus or
pygmy hippo (C****opsis liberiensis) is a
small hippopotamid which is
native to the
forests and
swamps of West Africa, primarily...
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Pygmy marmosets are two
species of
small New
World monkeys in the
genus Cebuella. They are
native to
rainforests of the
western Amazon Basin in South...
- Look up
pygmy or
pygmies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pygmy refers to a
member of any
human group whose adult males grow to less than a specific...
- The
American Pygmy is an
American breed of
achondroplastic (dwarf) goat. It is small,
compact and
stockily built. Like the
Nigerian Dwarf, it derives...
- The
African Pygmies (or
Congo Pygmies,
variously also
Central African foragers, "African
rainforest hunter-gatherers" (RHG) or "Forest
People of Central...
- The
pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) is a very
small and
endangered species of pig and the only
species in the
genus Porcula.
Endemic to India, the
pygmy hog...
- The
African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)—or
simply pygmy falcon—is a
diminutive raptor native to
eastern and
southern Africa. It is the sole...
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Corydoras pygmaeus, or the
pygmy corydoras or
pygmy catfish is a
tropical and
freshwater fish
belonging to the
subfamily Corydoradinae of the
family Callichthyidae...
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Pygmy owls are
members of the
genus Glaucidium. They
belong to the
typical owl family, Strigidae. The
genus consists of 29
species distributed worldwide...