Hippopotamus amphibius

(*Hippopotamus amphibius*)
## Subspecies

* *H. a. amphibius* (Great northern/Nile hippopotamus)
* *H. a. capensis* (South African/Cape hippopotamus)
* *H. a. constrictus* (Angola hippopotamus)
* *H. a. kiboko* (East African hippopotamus)
* *H. a. tschadensis* (West African/Tchad hippopotamus)

## Other Names

* Common hippopotamus
* River hippopotamus
* Hippo

## Reproduction

Females: 5 - 6 years

## Habitats

### Major

* 1.6 Tropical/subtropical moist lowland forests
* 2.2 Moist savannas
* 4.6 Tropical/subtropical flooded grasslands
* 5.1 Permanent rivers
* 5.2 Seasonal rivers
* 5.5 Permanent lakes
* 5.6 Seasonal lakes
* 5.7 Permanent marshes
* 5.8 Seasonal marshes
* 5.13 Inland deltas
* 5.14 Permanent saline lakes
* 13.5 Coastal freshwater lakes

### Marginal

* 1.7 Tropical/subtropical mangrove forests
* 1.8 Tropical/subtropical swamp forests
* 3.6 Tropical/subtropical moist shrublands
* 5.3 Shrub wetlands
* 5.15 Seasonal saline lakes
* 5.16 Permanent saline marshes
* 5.17 Seasonal saline marshes
* 9.10 Estuaries
* 13.4 Coastal saline lakes

## Distribution

### Terrestrial Ecoregions

* AT0101 Albertine Rift montane forests
* AT0102 Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
* AT0103 Cameroonian Highlands forests
* AT0104 Central Congolian lowland forests
* AT0107 Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
* AT0109 Eastern Arc forests
* AT0111 Eastern Guinean forests
* AT0112 Ethiopian montane forests
* AT0114 Guinean montane forests
* AT0119 Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
* AT0122 Niger Delta swamp forests
* AT0123 Nigerian lowland forests
* AT0124 Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
* AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
* AT0126 Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
* AT0128 Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
* AT0130 Western Guinean lowland forests
* AT0203 Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
* AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
* AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
* AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
* AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
* AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
* AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
* AT0708 Itigi-Sumbu thicket
* AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
* AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
* AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
* AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna
* AT0714 Serengeti volcanic grasslands
* AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
* AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
* AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
* AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
* AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
* AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
* AT0723 Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
* AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
* AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
* AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
* AT0904 Lake Chad flooded savanna
* AT0905 Saharan flooded grasslands
* AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
* AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
* AT0908 Zambezian halophytics
* AT1001 Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
* AT1002 Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
* AT1014 South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
* AT1015 Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
* AT1310 Kaokoveld desert
* AT1402 East African mangroves
* AT1405 Southern Africa mangroves