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Hippopotamidae

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2 Synonyms and common names

Placement

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Order Artiodactyla

Family Hippopotamidae

Synonyms and common names

Hippos

References

http://users.tamuk.edu/kfjab02/Biology/Mammalogy/systematics/A7artiodactyla.htm
as of 2002-07-10

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Hippopotamuses are the only extant artiodactyls which walk on four toes on each foot.

Children

Hippopotamus amphibius
Choeropsis liberiensis

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