Makris set out to digitally reconstruct the skull of this extinct dwarf hippo species using a photogrammetry approach. Gerkakis elaborates on the methodology used, "For the flattened cranium ...

With a large barrel-shaped body, short legs and huge skull, the hippo is the third largest land animal in the world. Adult bulls can reach 4–5m long and weigh four tonnes (4,000kg). Theyhttp ...

With only as few as 115,000 adult hippos remaining in the wild in Africa today and increasing and unabating threats from habitat loss and degradation, poaching and trade in hippo parts — teeth, skulls ...