- 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...
- 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...
- They are
notable for, and
named for,
their short stature (described as "
pygmyism" in
anthropological literature). They are ****umed to be
descended from...
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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...
- 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
pygmy rabbit (Sylvilagus idahoensis) is a
rabbit species native to the
United States. It is the only
native rabbit species in
North America to dig...
- The
pygmy gourami (Trichopsis pumila), also
known as the
sparkling gourami, is a
freshwater species of
gourami native to
Southeast Asia.
Pygmy gouramis...
- (Suncus etruscus), also
known as the
Etruscan pygmy shrew, white-toothed
pygmy shrew and Savi's
pygmy shrew, is the
smallest known extant mammal by m****...
- The type
species is E. zonatum, the
banded pygmy sunfish. The El****omatidae are
known collectively as
pygmy sunfishes, and are
thought to be
closely related...
