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The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (/ ˌ h ɪ p ə ˈ p ɒ t ə m ə s /; pl.: hippopotamuses; often shortened to hippo (pl.: hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot. While they resemble pigs physiologically, their closest living relatives are the cetaceans.
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In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1]
While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land. Etymology [ edit ] The word "hippopotamus" is derived from the ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος , hippopotamos , from ἵππος , hippos , "horse", and ποταμός , potamos , "river", meaning "horse of the ...
Plans to bring hippopotamuses back to a safari park have progressed after a planning application for a “new modern hippo house” was submitted. The state-of-the-art facility at Longleat, in ...
Hippopotamus 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.
Because of this power -- and this "closeness" -- fans have started to give themselves collective names. Some of them, surely, you're familiar with: Lady Gaga's Little Monsters, Justin Bieber's ...