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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This category contains articles about taxa in the family Hippopotamidae - the hippopotamuses or hippopotami
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.
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 ]
Hippopotamuses have small legs (relative to other megafauna) because the water in which they live reduces the weight burden. [38] The toes are webbed and the pelvis rests at an angle of 45 degrees. [7]: 3, 9 Though chubby-looking, hippos have little fat. [7]: 3 The eyes, ears, and nostrils of hippos are placed high on the roof of their skulls ...
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A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Animated television series about hippopotamuses (8 P) F. Fictional hippopotamuses (1 C, 6 P)