A hippo during night safari Orient Express performs at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Wild
A hippo during night safari Orient Express performs at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Wild Moremi Game Reserve , Botswana. The common hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) is a large mammal primarily artiodactyl herbivore that lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is coupled to the pygmy hippopotamus ( Choeropsis liberiensis ), one of only two current members of the family Hippopotamidae . It is a semi-aquatic animal that lives in rivers and lakes, where territorial adult males with groups of 5 to 30 females and young will control an area of the river. During the day they remain in the water or mud , and both intercourse and childbirth happen this animal in the water. At dusk become more active and out to graze on grass . While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water , grazing is a solitary activity , and are not territorial on land. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales , porpoises , etc. . ).
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