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Welcome to the "ULTIMATE HIPPOPOTAMUS" web page. Scroll down for facts, pictures and other cool stuff relating to this amazing creature.
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The latin name for the hippopotamus is Hippopotamusus amphibius. The Pygmy hippo has a latin name of Hexaprotodon liberiensis (or Choeropsis liberiensis).
The chart on the right shows that the hippopotamus is part of the order of even-toed ungulates (hooved animals) called Artiodactyla.