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Hippopotamus amphibius  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 625024

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): hippopotamus [English]
 
    Common Hippopotamus [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
  Kingdom Animalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
     Subkingdom Bilateria   
        Infrakingdom Deuterostomia   
           Phylum Chordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
              Subphylum Vertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                 Infraphylum Gnathostomata   
                    Superclass Tetrapoda   
                       Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                          Subclass Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                             Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872  
                                Order Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                   Family Hippopotamidae Gray, 1821 – hippopotamuses  
                                      Genus Hippopotamus Linnaeus, 1758 – hippopotamuses  
                                         Species Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 – hippopotamus, Common Hippopotamus  
    Direct Children:  
                                            Subspecies Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius Linnaeus, 1758  
                                            Subspecies Hippopotamus amphibius capensis Desmoulins, 1825  
                                            Subspecies Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko Heller, 1914  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Grubb  
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Hippopotamus amphibius    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Hippopotamus amphibius   
       
  Source: Mammal Species of the World, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/   
  Reference for: Hippopotamus amphibius   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Hippopotamus amphibius   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hippopotamus amphibius   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Hippopotamus amphibius, hippopotamus [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

   

 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix II adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
    Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable as H. a. tschadensis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)  
 

 

   

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