De nylpeirdn (Hippopotamidae) zijn e familie van eevnhoevige zoogbêestn, die in Afrika leevn te zuudn van de Sahara.
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Geweun nylpeird (Hippopotamus amphibius) | |||||||||||
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Hippopotamidae Gray, 1831 | |||||||||||
Dwergnylpeirdn (Choeropsis liberiensis) |
Momenteel bluuvn der moa twèe sôortn over: 't geweun nylpeird (Hippopotamus amphibius) en 't dwergnylpeird (Choeropsis liberiensis). Moleculaire en morfologische studies hèn bevestigd dan de walvisachtign (Cetacea) de nauwste leevnde verwantn van nylpeirdn zyn.
Nylpeirdn zyn grôte zôogbêestn, die half an land en half in 't woater leevn. Z' hèn e gleddig vel, e grôte kop met e brêe moend en neuzegoatn vanboovn an hunder snute. Z' hèn korte, stompe pôotn, vier têens moa gèen hoevn lik d' andere eevnhoevign. Hunder moage hèt drie koamers, moa 't zyn gèen echte herkauwers. Z' hèn grôte snytandn en hoektandn die ip slagtandn trekn en hêel hunder leevn bluuvn groein.
Nylpeirdn zyn nachtelike bêestn. Overdag rustn z' uut in of by 't woater en 's nachts zoekn z' hunder eetn. 't Grôot nylpeird èet surtout gas en 't dwergnylpeird ook bloarn, scheutn en fruut.
Der zyn ook nog verschillige uutgestorvn sôortn bekend.
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