Hippopotamus amphibius

Linnaeus, 1758

Common Hippopotamus

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Ancodonta
Family : Hippopotamidae
Genus : Hippopotamus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033885

Original name as described

Hippopotamus amphibius

Type locality

type locality restricted to River Nile in Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006390

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hippopotamus incognitus

Faure, 1984

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

incognitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CAMSM D 3980

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

428

Authority publication

Geobios

Hippopotamus icosiensis

A. Pomel, 1896

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

icosiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-F-AFN7, MNHN-F-AFN8

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/afn7 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/afn8

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Carte Géologique de l'Algérie

Hippopotamus amphibius tschadensis

E. Schwarz, 1914

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

tschadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:6426

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640790

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1914:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)
  2. Schwarz (1920:871, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

kiboko

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162979

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34ac9e656-16b3-430b-bcd8-8791bf01d974

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30096159

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Hippopotamus constrictus

G. S. Miller, 1910

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

constrictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A34787

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31f3eaa94-17cf-4ea8-afed-65a9026c931d

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8922963

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus amphibius senegalensis

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741625

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius

E. Schwarz, 1914

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

amphibius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640790

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1914:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Hippopotamus amphibius australis

E. Schwarz, 1914

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640791

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Schwarz (1914:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)

Hippopotamus amphibius capensis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Hippopotamus amphibius

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

amphibius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033885

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Thunberg (1811:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  4. Fischer (1814:xiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Lesson (1827:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Jardine (1836:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39772)
  7. Milne-Edwards (1868:1165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3667283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67290)
  8. Grandidier (1868:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67293)
  9. Matschie (1895:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  10. Lydekker (1908:403, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  11. Ward (1910:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  12. Roberts (1913:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  13. Schwarz (1914:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)
  14. Schwarz (1920:871, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1980:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  16. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  17. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  18. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  19. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  20. Groves & Grubb (2011:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  24. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10103/18567364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hippopotamus africanus

de Lacépède, 1799

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus capensis

Desmoulins, 1825

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32225158

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Blyth (1863:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Hippopotamus senegalensis

Desmoulins, 1825

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32225161

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:342, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Lesson (1842:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus Abyssinicus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

abyssinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus australis

Duvernoy, 1846

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

650

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2806347

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus typus

Duvernoy, 1846

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus annectens

Falconer in Morton, 1849

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780326

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Hippopotamus sirensis

A. Pomel, 1890

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

sirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1114

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Hippopotamus amphibius var. robustus

E. Fraas, 1907

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44037447

Authority publication

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft

Hippopotamus ponderosus

W. B. Scott, 1907

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

ponderosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

254

Authority publication

Geological Survey of Natal and Zululand

Hippopotamus constrictor

Zukowsky, 1924

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

constrictor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippopotamus helmei

Lyle, 1931

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

helmei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Bloemfontein

Hippopotamus venteri

Lyle, 1931

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

venteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Bloemfontein

Hippopotamus westphali

Lyle, 1931

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

westphali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Bloemfontein

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