Kingdom      Animalia          (animal)
Phylum       Chordata          (notocord)
Class        Mammalia          (mammal)
Order        Artiodactyla
Family       Hippopotamidae    (hippopotamus)

dental formula is 2-3/1-3, 1/1, 4/4, 3/3 = 38-44

Some specific hippos are:

• Choeropsis liberiensis (pygmy hippo)
• Hexaprotodon liberiensis (pygmy hippopotamus)
• Hippopotamus amphibius (hippo, probably the one most people think of when they see "hippo")

My favorite animal.

Long ago traverlers in africa thought that they had seen a monster, this monster lived in lakes, rivers, and streams.
It had a huge barrel-shaped body, short legs, and a gigantic mouth . this monster made strange noises.
it grunted and growled;it roared and screamed.
it could moo like a cow and neigh like a horse, that may be why people called it a hioppotamus,Which means river horse. today we know that it is not a monster and it's not related to a horse.
it would hide under the water and sometimes it reared up out of the water tipping over boats.

A hippopotamus is a mammal.
An adult Hippo may weigh over 3000 kilograms ( 6600 pounds ).
A male hippo is called a Bull, and a female hippo is called a cow.
Sometimes, a hippo will be born underwater, and it will learn to swim before it learns to walk.
A Hippototaus does not tend to eat during the day they usually eat at night.
If a Bull hippo wants to mate then they have to fight fot it.
Hippos are closly related to pigs. And very closly releted to the Pigmy Hippopotamus. And

Hip`po*pot"a*mus (?), n.; pl. E. Hippopotamuses (#), L. Hippopotami (#). [L., from Gr.; horse + river. Cf. Equine.] Zool.

A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

<-- pigmy hippopotamus? -->

 

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