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
- 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.
- 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)
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- Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
- Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 885.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.