The hippopotamus, often shortened to hippo, further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is on
Portrait Hippopotamus in the water
H. a. kiboko territorial male with females and calves, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Evolutionary relationships among hippo and Cetacea (whales, dolphins)
Anthracotherium magnum from the Oligocene of Europe
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot. While they resemble pigs physiologic
Hippopotamus
ā¦hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Its name comes from the Ancient Greek for "river horseā¦