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Hippopotamus
(Common hippopotamus)
(No Subspecific status)
EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AF,SA,AU
South African Hippopotamus
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Western pygmy hippopotamus
EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AF,AU,SA
Hippopotamus
(Common hippopotamus)
(No Subspecific status)
Hippopotamus amphibius
LINNAEUS, 1758
Photo by:
R. Mantei
Additional images here:
www.biolib.cz
Number of Subspecies:
03
Information Source for Taxonomy:
Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
Head-Torso-Length:
290 - 505 cm
Tail length:
40 - 56 cm
Weight:
1000 - 4500 kg
IUCN status:
VU (Vulnerable)
Current Holdings
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Former Holdings
Europe (EU)
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Belgium (3 Holding(s)):
Antwerpen (Zoo)
Cambron-Casteau (Pairi Daiza - vormals Parc Paradisio)
Deigne-Aywaille (Monde Sauvage Zoo)
Bulgaria (1 Holding(s)):
Sofia (Zoo)
Denmark (1 Holding(s)):
Kobenhavn (Zoo)
Germany (7 Holding(s)):
Berlin (Zoologischer Garten)
Frankfurt/Main (Zoo)
Gelsenkirchen (Zoom-Erlebniswelt - vormals Ruhr-Zoo)
Hannover (Zoo)
Karlsruhe (Zoologischer Stadtgarten)
Köln (Zoologischer Garten)
München (Zirkus Krone-Zoo)
France (16 Holding(s)):
Amneville (Zoo)
Dompierre-sur-Besbre (Le Pal)
Frejus (Zoo)
La Flèche (Zoo)
La Teste de Buch (Zoo du Bassin dArcachon)
Les Mathes (Zoo de La Palmyre)
Maubeuge (Zoo)
Ozoir la Ferrière (Zoo du Bois dAtilly)
Peaugres (Safaripark)
Pelissane (Parc Zoologique de la Barben)
Plaisance du Touch (African Safari)
Pont-Scorff (Les Terres de Nataé)
Port-Saint-Père (Planète Sauvage)
Romanèche-Thorins (Touroparc)
Saint Aignan (ZooParc de Beauval)
Thoiry (Safari)
Ireland (1 Holding(s)):
Dublin (Zoo)
Italy (13 Holding(s)):
Bussolengo-Verona (Parco Natura Viva)
Carini (Bioparco di Sicilia)
Falconara Marittima (Parco Zoo Falconara)
Fasano (Zoosafari Fasanolandia)
Lignano Sabbiadoro (Parco Zoo Punta Verde)
Murazzano (Parco Safari delle Langhe)
Napoli (Zoo)
Pombia (Safari Park Lago Maggiore)
Pozzonovo (Parco Faunistico Valcorba)
Ravenna (Safari Ravenna)
Roma (Bioparco - vormals Zoo)
Torino (Zoom Torino)
Valbrembo-Bergamo (Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle)
Latvia (1 Holding(s)):
Riga (Zoo)
Netherlands (2 Holding(s)):
Emmen (Wildlands Adventure Zoo)
Hilvarenbeek (Safaripark Beekse Bergen)
Austria (1 Holding(s)):
Wien (Tiergarten Schönbrunn)
Poland (2 Holding(s)):
Warszawa (Zoo)
Wroclaw (Zoo)
Portugal (1 Holding(s)):
Lisboa (Zoo)
Romania (1 Holding(s)):
Calarasi (Zoo)
Spain (14 Holding(s)):
Aldea del Fresno (Safari Madrid)
Barcelona (Zoo)
Cabarceno (Parque de la Naturaleza)
Castillo De Las Guardas (Reserva Natural Castillo De Las Guardas)
Cordoba (Zoo)
Estepona (Selwo Aventura)
Jerez (Zoobotanico)
La Lajita (Oasis Park)
Madrid (Zoo/Aquarium)
Murcia (Terra Natura)
Peñáguila (Safari Aitana)
Sa Coma (Safari Zoo Mallorca)
Tabernas (Oasys Mini Hollywood)
Valencia (Bioparc)
Czech Republic (4 Holding(s)):
Dvorec (Zoo)
Dvur Kralove (Zoo)
Ostrava (Zoo)
Praha (Zoo)
Hungary (3 Holding(s)):
Budapest (Zoo - Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert)
Debrecen (Nagyerdei Kultúrpark)
Pécs (Állatkert Központ)
Holding(s): 71
Europe (NonEU)
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Georgia (1 Holding(s)):
Tbilisi (Zoo)
Monaco (1 Holding(s)):
Monaco (Parc animalier)
North Macedonia (1 Holding(s)):
Skopje (Zoo)
Russia (5 Holding(s)):
Bolsherechye (Zoopark)
Kaliningrad (Zoopark)
Kazan (Zoobotanicheskiy sad)
Krasnodar (Safari-park)
Sochi (Akvarium i morskoy zoopark)
Switzerland (1 Holding(s)):
Basel (Zoo)
Serbia (1 Holding(s)):
Beograd (Zoo)
Ukraine (3 Holding(s)):
Kyjiw (Zoopark)
Mykolayiv (Zoopark)
Odesa (Biopark)
United Kingdom (3 Holding(s)):
Bewdley (West Midland Safari Park)
Dunstable (ZSL Whipsnade Zoo)
Malton (Flamingo Land)
Holding(s): 16
North America
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Dominican Republic (1 Holding(s)):
Santo Domingo (ZOODOM - Parque Zoologico Nacional)
El Salvador (1 Holding(s)):
Jayaque (Fundacion Refugio Salvaje (FURESA))
Guatemala (2 Holding(s)):
Ciudad de Guatemala (La Aurora Zoo)
Guanagazapa Escuintla (Auto Safari Chapin)
Honduras (1 Holding(s)):
Santa Cruz de Yojoa (Joya Grande Zoo y Eco Parque)
Canada (5 Holding(s)):
Aldergrove (Greater Vancouver Zoo)
Calgary (Calgary Zoo)
Granby (Zoo de Granby)
Stevensville (Safari Niagara)
Toronto (Zoo)
Cuba (1 Holding(s)):
La Habana (Jardin Zoologico de la Habana)
Mexico (12 Holding(s)):
Ciudad de Mexico (Zoologico de Chapultepec)
Ciudad de Mexico (Zoologico de San Juan de Aragon)
El Paraiso (Parque Zoologico de Queretaro Wameru)
Guadalajara (Zoologico Guadalajara)
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Africam Safari)
Irapuato (Zoologico de Irapuato)
Leon de los Aldama (Parque Zoologico de Leon)
Merida (Parque Zoologico del Centenario)
Mismaloya (Zoológico de Vallarta)
Morelos (Zoofari Centro de Conservacion)
Nezahaulcoyotl (Zoologico Parque del Pueblo)
Santa Maria Nativitas (Parque Ecologico Zacango)
United States of America (28 Holding(s)):
Albuquerque (ABQ BioPark Zoo)
Camden (Adventure Aquarium)
Cedar Creek (Capital of Texas Zoo)
Cincinnati (Zoo & Botanical Garden)
Colorado Springs (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo)
Dallas (Zoo)
Denver (Zoo)
Fort Worth (Zoo)
Gulf Breeze (Gulf Breeze Zoo)
Homosassa (Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park)
Honolulu (Zoo)
Kansas City (Zoo & Aquarium)
Lake Buena Vista (Walt Disney World Resort - Disney’s Animal Kingdom)
Lufkin (Ellen Trout Zoo)
Memphis (Zoo)
Milwaukee (Milwaukee County Zoo)
Monroe (Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo)
Philadelphia (Zoo)
San Antonio (Zoo)
San Diego (Zoo)
Seattle (Woodland Park Zoo)
St. Louis (Zoo)
Tampa (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)
Toledo (Zoo)
Topeka (Zoo)
Wallace (DeYoung Family Zoo)
Wichita (Sedgwick County Zoo)
Winston (Wildlife Safari)
Holding(s): 51
South America
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Argentina (4 Holding(s)):
Batan (Bioparque Batan)
Belén de Escobar (Bioparque Temaikèn)
Cordoba (Zoo)
San Clemente del Tuyu (Mundo Marino)
Brazil (13 Holding(s)):
Belo Horizonte (Zoo)
Brasilia (Zoologico de Brasilia)
Cotia (Animália Park)
Curitiba (Zoo)
Goiania (Zoo)
Itatiba (Zooparque)
Natal (Aquario)
Pomerode (Zoo)
Rio de Janeiro (BioParque)
Salvador (Parque Zoobotanico Getulio Vargas)
Sao Paulo (Zoo)
Sapucaia do Sul (Park Zoo)
Sorocaba (Parque Zoologico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros)
Colombia (6 Holding(s)):
Cali (Zoologico de Cali)
Doradal (Hacienda Napoles)
Medellin (Parque de la Conservacion)
Pereira (Bioparque Ukumari)
San Antonio del Tequendama (Zoologico Santacruz)
Tocancipa (Parque Jaime Duque - Bioparque Wakatá)
Paraguay (1 Holding(s)):
Asuncion (Zoologico de Asuncion)
Peru (1 Holding(s)):
Lima (Parque de Las Leyendas)
Venezuela (2 Holding(s)):
Caracas (Caricuao Zoo)
Lara (Parque Zoologico y Botanico Bararida)
Holding(s): 27
Africa
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Morocco (1 Holding(s)):
Rabat (Jardin Zoologique)
South Africa (4 Holding(s)):
Johannesburg (Zoo)
Krugersdorp (Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve)
Pretoria (National Zoological Gardens of South Africa)
Vanderbijlpark (Emerald River Lodge - Animal World Game Park & Zoo)
Tunisia (1 Holding(s)):
Tunis (Parque Zoologique de la Ville de Tunis - Belvedere-Zoo)
Holding(s): 6
Asia
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Armenia (1 Holding(s)):
Yerevan (Zoo)
Bangladesh (2 Holding(s)):
Dhaka (Bangladesh National Zoo)
Rangpur (Zoo)
China (6 Holding(s)):
Beijing (Zoo & Aquarium)
Chengdu (Zoo)
Guangzhou (Chimelong Birds Park)
Hefei (Wildlife Park)
Shanghai (Zoo)
Xining (Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Wildlife Zoo)
India (5 Holding(s)):
Assam (State Zoo)
Bengaluru (Bannerghatta Biological Park)
Kanpur (Zoological Park)
Mysore (Zoo)
Yendada (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park)
Indonesia (8 Holding(s)):
Bandung (Zoo)
Batu (Secret Zoo)
Cisarua (Taman Safari Bogor)
Jakarta (Ragunan Zoo)
Prigen (Taman Safari 2)
Serongga (Bali Safari and Marine Park)
Surabaya (Zoo)
Yogyakarta (Gembira Loka Zoo)
Israel (1 Holding(s)):
Ramat Gan (Zoological Center Tel-Aviv)
Japan (7 Holding(s)):
Fukuoka (Zoo and Botanical Garden)
Hirakawacho (Hirakawa Zoo)
Kyoto (City Zoo)
Nagoya (Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens)
Osaka (Tennoji Zoo)
Tokyo (Ueno Zoo)
Toyohashi (Zoo)
Kuwait (1 Holding(s)):
Kuwait City (Zoo)
Malaysia (1 Holding(s)):
Ampang (National Zoo / Zoo Negara)
Nepal (1 Holding(s)):
Kathmandu (Central Zoo - Sadar Zoo)
North Korea (1 Holding(s)):
Pyongyang (Korea Central Zoo)
Philippines (1 Holding(s)):
Rodriguez (Avilon Zoo)
Singapore (1 Holding(s)):
Singapore (Night Safari)
Sri Lanka (1 Holding(s)):
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (Dehiwala Zoo (Colombo Zoo))
South Korea (1 Holding(s)):
Seoul (Zoo)
Taiwan (1 Holding(s)):
Taipei (Zoo)
Thailand (2 Holding(s)):
Bang Phra (Khao Kheow Open Zoo)
Bangkok (Safari World Bangkok)
Turkey (1 Holding(s)):
Izmir (Zoo)
United Arab Emirates (2 Holding(s)):
Al Ain (Zoo)
Dubai (Safari Park)
Vietnam (4 Holding(s)):
Ben Cat (Dai Nam Zoo - Vuon thu Dai Nam)
Ha Noi (Dam Sen Zoo - Vuon thu Dom Sen)
Ha Noi (Hanoi Zoo - Vuon Thu Ha Noi)
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens)
Holding(s): 48
Australia and Oceania
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Australia (3 Holding(s)):
Dubbo (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
Monarto (Zoo)
Werribee South (Werribee Open Range Zoo)
Holding(s): 3
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