Baby Pygmy Hippo​​'s Name Revealed at Lowry Park Zoo: Watch

TAMPA, FL - After more than 1,000 submissions, Lowry Park Zoo revealed the name of its baby pygmy hippopotamus on Monday morning. Watch the video to see her new name.

The pygmy hippopotamus was born in the early morning on Dec. 1 to mother Zsa Zsa, weighing in at an estimated 9 pounds. The newborn is one of only 32 pygmy hippos in the Species Survival Program. This is the fourth offspring for Zsa Zsa, and the fourth birth of this species in the zoo’s history.

Pygmy hippos are extremely rare in the wild with only a few thousand thought to be left in the world, according to zoo officials. Lowry Park is one of only 13 zoos in the United States to care for this unique species.

Pygmy hippos, as their name implies, are smaller than their Nile hippo relative. Unlike the more common river hippo which live in large pods in rivers throughout much of eastern and southern Africa, pygmy hippos are much rarer, living solitary, elusive lives in lowland forests, mainly confined to Liberia in West Africa, with small numbers in neighboring countries. At full grown, pygmy hippos weigh in at only a few hundred pounds, and stand only about 3 feet tall.

Zoo guests can see the Pygmy hippo calf in its habitat in Ituri Forest located in Safari Africa.

Images and video via Lowry Park Zoo