| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Hippopotamidae
- ----- species: Hippopotamus amphibius
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| Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 150-165 cm; this very large semiaquatic animal is generally grey-brown but the belly and skinfolds are yellowish-pink; it has a very large mouth; the nostrils and the eyes are on top of the head; the ears are small and rounded; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 106 |
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