hippopotamus

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(thing) by N-Wing (1.5 wk) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Feb 09 2000 at 5:29:51 

Kingdom      Animalia          (animal)
Phylum       Chordata          (notocord)
Class        Mammalia          (mammal)
Order        Artiodactyla
Family       Hippopotamidae    (hippopotamus)

dental formula is 2-3/1-3, 1/1, 4/4, 3/3 = 38-44

Some specific hippos are:

My favorite animal.

(thing) by Liz Lot (5.1 y) (print)   (I like it!) 2 C!s Wed Jun 07 2000 at 20:05:31
Long ago traverlers in africa thought that they had seen a monster, this monster lived in lakes, rivers, and streams.
It had a huge barrel-shaped body, short legs, and a gigantic mouth . this monster made strange noises.
it grunted and growled;it roared and screamed.
it could moo like a cow and neigh like a horse, that may be why people called it a hioppotamus,Which means river horse. today we know that it is not a monster and it's not related to a horse.
it would hide under the water and sometimes it reared up out of the water tipping over boats.

A hippopotamus is a mammal.
An adult Hippo may weigh over 3000 kilograms ( 6600 pounds ).
A male hippo is called a Bull, and a female hippo is called a cow.
Sometimes, a hippo will be born underwater, and it will learn to swim before it learns to walk.
A Hippototaus does not tend to eat during the day they usually eat at night.
If a Bull hippo wants to mate then they have to fight fot it.
Hippos are closly related to pigs. And very closly releted to the Pigmy Hippopotamus. And
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:09:51

Hip`po*pot"a*mus (?), n.; pl. E. Hippopotamuses (#), L. Hippopotami (#). [L., from Gr.; horse + river. Cf. Equine.] Zool.

A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

 

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