Hippopotamus amphibius with five subspecies:
H. a. amphibius found in the Nile River from Sudan to the north of Tanzania, and down the Rift Valley to Mozambique. It was recently eradicated in Egypt.
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Also Called: Hippo
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There are 2 kinds of hippos.
They live on land and in the water.
They can stay under the water for a long time.
A baby hippo is a calf.
Hippos live in Africa.
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Hippopotamus
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herbivorous, river-living mammal of tropical Africa. The large hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, has a short-legged, broad body with a tough gray or brown hide.
Hippopotamus
Mammal. The hippopotamus, whose name means “river horse,' is a distant relative of the pig. Water is the center of a hippo's life, with hundreds of hippos sharing the same water territory.
Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibus) are large, semiaquatic hoofed mammals that live near rivers and lakes in central and southeastern Africa. They have bulky bodies and short legs.
Hippopotamus African herbivorous mammal, which is related to the Pig. The large hippopotamus has a, broad body with a tough gray or brown hide. The mouth when opened is extremely wide, and the incisors and lower canines are large ivory tusks.
Hippopotamuses love water, which is why the Greeks named them the "river horse." Hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the hot African sun.
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Hippopotamuses, also called hippos, are gregarious, living in groups of up to 40 animals, called a pod, herd, school or bloat. A male hippo is known as a bull, a female, a cow, and a baby, a calf. A hippo's lifespan is typically 40 to 50 years.
The Hippopotamus
Despite its resemblance to pigs and other hoofed animals, the hippopotamus - among the largest of all the modern land mammals - bears a closer taxonomic relationship to whales, dolphins and porpoises.
The hippopotamus is perfectly at home in the water, mating and giving birth there. Due to its specific gravity, it can submerge itself completely and walk on the bottom of the river.
Pygmy hippopotamus: Hexaprotodon liberiensis
Distribution: once numerous in rivers throughout Africa but now extinct north of Khartoum and south of the Zambezi river, except in a few protected areas such as the Kruger National Park.
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Hippopotamus
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Habitat:
Rivers and lakes with surrounding grasslands
Conservation Status:
Common
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The hippopotamus, sacred in Egyptian and African traditions, is the second largest mammal on earth. Its name means "Water Horse," and it spends most of its day in water.
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Hippo PhotoHippos are very territorial and use their long canine teeth as weapons. These teeth contain ivory, which puts them at greater risk of poaching.
Hippopotamus amphibius
River hippopotamus
Taxonomy Hippopotamus amphibius [Linnaeus, 1758]. Citation: Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:74. Type locality: Egypt, Nile River.
Hippopotamuses are found in Africa where they require habitats with water deep enough to protect them from overheating and sunburn.
Hippopotamus, by Lynn M. Stone; The Rourke Book Co., Inc., 1990.
The Behavior Guide to African Mammals, by Richard Despard Estes; University of California Press, 1991, pages 222 to 226.
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The hippopotamus usually lives in groups of 15-20 animals, although the groups can be much larger. The hub of the group is the band of females and their young.
The largest populations of hippopotamus can be found in Central Africa and along the Nile River Valley in East Africa. Hippos are found in rivers and lakes that are deep enough for the animals to submerge, and that have nearby grasslands for grazing.
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Africa Mammals Guide Information: Very large barrel-shaped body and short legs. Skin is naked and predominantly greyish-brown, but yellowish-pink against the throat, belly and some skin folds. ...
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Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Appendix II.
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One of the unmistakable animals of Africa, the portly hippo has been the subject of many jokes, tales and legends.
HIPPOPOTAMUS
The hippopotamus is a large mammal that stays in the water a lot.
HORSE
Horses are very fast runners. Primitive horses were very small.
The hippopotamus, whose hide alone can weigh half a ton, is the third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos.
The hippopotamus is capable of remaining underwater for as long as 25 minutes. During the day it often swims more than 30 km (more than 19 mi.) in search of food, emerging at night to feed on land plants.
The last section of the Artiodactyla is that of the Suina, represented at the present day by the pigs (Suidae), and the hippopotamuses (Hippopotamidae), and in past times by the Anthracotheriidae, in which may probably be included the Elotheriidae.
Recent comparisons of some milk protein genes (beta-casein and kappa-casein) have confirmed this relationship and have suggested that the closest land-bound living relative of whales may be the hippopotamus.
Some indisputable unique and very interesting mammals did not make the list, including Giraffe and Hippopotamus shown in the opening photos.
More pig-like than its larger relative, the pygmy hippo's scientific status has been quite varied - when it was first described, many dismissed it as a stunted freak, a dwarf subspecies or a juvenile specimen of the common hippopotamus.
The giant hippopotamus is the only aquatic artiodactyl, spending most of its time in water. Tylopoda Includes Camelidae (camels, llamas, alpacas, etc.) plus several extinct families.
Pigs are distantly related to the hippopotamus family.
The word 'barbecue' comes from the French who called their Caribbean pork feasts 'de barbe et queue', which means 'from beard to tail'.
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Evidence from the fossil record shows that there was once a wombat species as large as a hippopotamus. Angus and Robertson (1983)
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In the wild, tapirs have been observed walking under water, consuming aquatic plants like a hippopotamus, and using their snout like a snorkel.
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Other mammals that might sometimes be thought of aquatic could include hippopotamuses, tapirs, and even water buffalos, or polar bears. Clearly there are difficulties in generalising about a group of animals this diverse.
At just under 4 metres in length and up to 2800 kilograms in weight, Diprotodon, although massive, was smaller than either a hippopotamus (up to 4500 kilograms in weight) or rhinoceros (up to 3600 kilograms in weight), to which it is often compared.
 See also: Hippo, Elephant, Whale, Antelope, Rhino
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