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OverviewAI-generated
Hippopotamus is a taxon at the genus rank within the family Hippopotamidae. It belongs to the order Artiodactyla, class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and holds an accepted status in WoRMS. Its habitats include marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions such as UCMP and NHMUK. Occurrence data has been documented in countries including Malawi, Greece, and Madagascar. The taxon has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus.
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Species
Common Hippopotamus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyHippopotamidae
河馬屬（學名：Hippopotamus），史前有若干种，目前僅存河馬一種。 分类 河马属 Hippopotamus 河马 Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius Hippopotamusppaps capensis Hippopotamus amphibius constrictus Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko Hippopotamus amphibius ' 歐洲河馬 Hippopotamus antiquus † 克里特侏儒河馬 Hippopotamus creutzburgi † Hippopotamus creutzburgi creutzburgi † Hippopotamus creutzburgi parvus † 馬達加斯加綠河馬 Hippopotamus madagascariensis † 西西里馬爾他侏儒河馬 Hippopotamus melitensis † 馬達加斯加侏儒河馬 Hippopotamus lemerlei † 西西里馬爾他河馬 Hippopotamus pentlandi † 维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：河马属 维基物种中的分类信息：河马属 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=河马属&oldid=44868483” 分类： 河马属 卡尔·林奈命名的生物分类 隐藏分类： 物种微格式条目 含有拉丁語的條目
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,504
- With media
- 44
- Family
- Hippopotamidae
- Collections
- UCMP, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Malawi, Greece, Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Hippopotamus amphibius - Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Florida - 2010-01-13.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hippopotamus
- taxon name
- Hippopotamus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hippopotamus
- different from
- Hippopotamus
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Encyclopedic overview
Hippopotamus, meaning "river horse" in Ancient Greek, is a genus of artiodactyl mammals consisting of one extant species, Hippopotamus amphibius, the river hippopotamus (or simply the hippopotamus), and several extinct species from both recent and prehistoric times. It belongs to the family Hippopotamidae, which also includes the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) and a number of extinct genera.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hippopotamus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.