Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Hippopotamus amphibius
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Hippopotamidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Huge (over 4 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Africa
- Habitat
- Rivers and lakes, Wetlands, Savanna
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Hippos secrete a reddish fluid whose pigments absorb UV light and that seems to have antibacterial effects.
- Too heavy to float, a hippo does not really swim: it walks and bounds along the river bottom.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q34505 · All animals · All entries