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Common Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Hippopotamus
Recognized by Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum
Hippopotamus
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Djibouti Species List, Ethiopia Species List, France Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Hungary Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Morocco Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Portugal Species List, Senegal Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Syria Species List, Tanzania Species List, Uganda Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and iNaturalist data coverage
Hippopotamus
Recognized by AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, Kissling et al, 2014, and Furui 2020
Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Hippopotamus spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hippopotamus
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, GBIF national node type records UK, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

Common Hippopotamus preferred
Recognized by Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum
True Hippopotamuses
prefer
Recognized by admin

Armenian

Գետաձիայիններ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Begemotlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

хипопотами preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

河马属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

hroch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

היפופוטם preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

カバ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Korean

하마속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

اسب‌های آبی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Бегемоты preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Hroch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Chi Hà mã preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

فرس نهر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

بقموتلار preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pt Br

Hipopótamo preferred
Recognized by admin

Yue

河馬屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822
Hippopotamus behemoth Faure 1986
Hippopotamus creutzburgi Boekschoten & Sondaar 1966
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Hippopotamus laloumena Faure & Guerin 1990
Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier 1868
Hippopotamus major Cuvier 1824
Hippopotamus melitensis Major 1902
Hippopotamus minor Desmarest 1822
Hippopotamus pentlandi Von Meyer 1832
Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley 1836

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
Hippopotamidae Gray 1821
Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus laloumena Faure & Guerin 1990
Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier 1868
Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley 1836

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822
Hippopotamus behemoth Faure 1986
Hippopotamus creutzburgi Boekschoten & Sondaar 1966
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Hippopotamus laloumena Faure & Guerin 1990
Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier 1868
Hippopotamus major Cuvier 1824
Hippopotamus melitensis Major 1902
Hippopotamus minor Desmarest 1822
Hippopotamus pentlandi Von Meyer 1832
Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley 1836

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus (this page)
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus laloumena Faure & Guerin 1990
Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier 1868
Hexaprotodon

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Hexaprotodon karumensis (Coryndon 1977)
Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon & Coppens 1975
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822
Hippopotamus behemoth Faure 1986
Hippopotamus coryndonae Geze 1985
Hippopotamus creutzburgi Boekschoten & Sondaar 1966
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Hippopotamus kaisensis Hopwood 1926
Hippopotamus laloumena Faure & Guerin 1990
Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier 1868
Hippopotamus major Cuvier 1824
Hippopotamus meltensis Major 1902
Hippopotamus minor (Desmarest 1822)
Hippopotamus ponderosus Scott 1907
Hippopotamus protamphibius (Arambourg 1944)
Hippopotamus sirensis Pomel 1896
Trilobophorus afarensis (Geze 1985)
Archaeopotamus Boisserie 2005
Chororatherium Boisserie et al. 2003
Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley 1836
Kenyapotamus Pickford 1983
Kulutherium Pickford 2007
Morotochoerus Pickford 1998
Saotherium Boisserie 2005

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
Hippopotamidae Gray 1821
Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus laloumena Faure & Guerin 1990
Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier 1868
Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley 1836

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Ancodonta
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus (this page)
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hexaprotodon

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotaminae
Hippopotamus (this page)
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus imagunculus
Hippopotamus immaguncula
Hippopotamus liberiensis
Hippopotamus sivalensis
Hippopotamus terrestris
Choeropsis
Hexaprotodon

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
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