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Nile hippopotamus

species of mammal (artiodactyl)
Taxon taxon Q34505
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Summary

Nile hippopotamus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.02% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,260 views/month, #39 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Hippopotamus[5]
  • Taxon name: Hippopotamus amphibius[6]
  • Commons category: Hippopotamus amphibius[7]
  • Said to be the same as: Q25668605[8]
  • Unicode character: 🦛[9]
  • Temporal range start: Piacenzian[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hippopotamus amphibius[11]
  • Commons gallery: Hippopotamus amphibius[12]
  • Main food source: grass[13]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16]
  • This taxon is source of: hippopotamus ivory[17]
  • Short name: H. amphibius[18]
  • Taxon common name: Hipopótamo Anfibio[19], Hippopotame[20], Common Hippopotamus[21], Hippopotamus[22], Large Hippo[23], River Hippopotamus[24], Hippo[25], Flusspferd[26], Großflusspferd[27], hroch obojživelný[28], hipopotam nilowy[29], hipopótamu[30], veliki povodni konj[31], ippopotamo[32]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02398521-n[33]
  • Gestation period: 8 month[34]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 61.2 years[35]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
  • Invasive to: Magdalena River[37]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[38]

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Identifiers

Nile hippopotamus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42149[39]. Nile hippopotamus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9833[40]. Nile hippopotamus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311532[41]. Nile hippopotamus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441247[42]. Nile hippopotamus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625024[43].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Nile hippopotamus include Hippopotamus Defence[44].

Why It Matters

Nile hippopotamus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include Hippopotamus Defence[44].

Related Entities

Honolulu Zoo Hor-Aha Magdalena River

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [40] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [43] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [41] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [42] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [35] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  39. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [37] ↑ . latimes.com. latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4213506-0
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'av', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'b
    Sitelink count → 147
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 9w ago · Mariobanana · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → カバ
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pixiv encyclopedia id: カバ"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Main food source → grass
    Topic's main category → Category:Hippopotamus amphibius
    Described by source → Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hippopotamus, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289937715|hippopotamus (#289937715)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
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