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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.74

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Hippopotamidae
genus
Hippopotamus
species
Hippopotamus amphibius

Name

Synonyms
Hippopotamus incognitus Faure, 1984
Homonyms
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Cape Hippopotamus in English
Civwubwe in Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Common Hippo in English
Common Hippopotamus in English
Common Hippopotamus in language.
Common Hippopotamus in English
Common Hippopotamus in English
Common Hippopotamus in English
Common Hippopotamus in English
Common Hippopotamus in English
Common Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus, Large Hippo in English
Didysis hipopotamas in Lithuanian
Dobhareach in Irish
Doğu Afrika Hipopotamı in Turkish
East African Hippopotamus in English
Egyptian Hippo in English
Egyptian Hippopotamus in English
Flodhest in Norwegian Bokmål
Flusspferd in German
Flußpferd in German
Flußpferd in German
Gewone Seekoei in Afrikaans
Grand Hippopotame in French
Grand Hippopotame in French
Großflusspferd in German
Güney Afrika Hipopotamı in Turkish
Hespê çemî in Kurdish
Hipop in language.
Hipopotam in Turkish
Hipopotam nilowy in Polish
Hipopotamo in Aragonese
Hipopòtam in Catalan–Valencian
Hipopótamo in Spanish
Hipopótamo in Portuguese
Hipopótamo Anfibio in Spanish
Hipopótamo-da-África-Oriental in Portuguese
Hipopótamo-norte-africano in Portuguese
Hipopótamo-sul-africano in Portuguese
Hippo in English
Hippopotame in French
Hippopotame amphibie in French
Hippopotame amphibie in French
Hippopotame commun in French
Hippopotamus in language.
Hippopotamus in English
Hà mã in Vietnamese
Imvubu in Zulu
Imvwuvwu in Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Ippopotamo in Italian
Ippopotamo del Capo in Italian

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  5. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 885.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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