Hippopotamus  (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Facts

Also known as:Hippo and common hippopotamus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Hippopotamidae
Genus Hippopotamus (1)
Size Male 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 2006 (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). The IUCN Red List classifies H. a. tschadensis as Vulnerable (VU) (1).