| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
| COMMON NAME: | hippopotamus, hippo |
| KINGDOM: | Animalia |
| PHYLUM: | Chordata |
| CLASS: | Mammalia |
| ORDER: | Artiodactyla |
| FAMILY: | Hippopotamidae |
| GENUS SPECIES: | Hippopotamus (horse, a river) amphibius (on both sides, living) |
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| FAST FACTS |
| DESCRIPTION: | Huge gray bulky body with a large head. Its facial features somewhat resemble those of a pig. |
| SIZE: | 3.96-4.57 m. (13-15 ft.) long; 1.52 m. (5 ft.) high at the shoulder |
| WEIGHT: | 1,800-3,600 kg (4,000-8,000 lb.) |
| DIET: | Herbivores, prefer short grasses of the African plains |
| GESTATION: | 8 months |
| SEXUAL MATURITY: |
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| MALE | At 7 yrs. |
| FEMALE | At 9 yrs. |
| LIFE SPAN: | 20-40 years; 50 years in captivity |
| RANGE: | West and East Central Africa; extinct in northern and southern parts of original range |
| HABITAT: | Rivers and lakes in grasslands; found mainly in large populations on preserves |
| POPULATION: | GLOBAL | No data |
| STATUS: | IUCN | Not listed |
| CITES | Appendix II | |
| USFWS | Not listed |
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