Hippopotamus  (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Facts

Also known as: Hippo, common hippopotamus
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyHippopotamidae
GenusHippopotamus (1)
SizeMale weight: 1600 – 3200 kg (2)
Female weight: 655 – 2344 kg (2)
Male shoulder height: 140-165 cm (2)
Female shoulder height: 130-145 cm (2)
Body length: 3 – 5.4 m (3)
Tail length: 56 cm (4)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix II of CITES (5). Five subspecies have been described, although the validity of these classifications has been questioned. These are H. a. amphibius, H. a. tschadensis, H. a. kiboko, H. a. constrictis and H. a. capensis (6).

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