HIPPOPOTAMIDAE Gray, 1821
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Family HIPPOPOTAMIDAE Gray, 1821 View in CoL
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 ▶
HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — Reported by Roure (1966) to occur in Togo.
VOUCHERS. — Eleven vouchers are deposited in the ZMB. These vouchers originated from Atakpamé, Akposso, Sokodé, and Kete- Kratschi (now in Ghana).
ORIGINAL DATA. — About 300-500 individuals are reported for Togo ( Mallon et al. 2015), where it is still found only at Kéran NP and Togodo GR ( Mallon et al. 2015). Three concentration areas of this species are known in Togo: hippopotamus ponds in Sansanné- Mango, Nangbeto dam and Afito ponds.
MALLON D. P., HOFFMANN M., GRAINGER M. J., HIBERT F., VAN VLIET N. & MCGOWAN P. J. K. 2015. - An IUCN Situation Analysis of Terrestrial and Freshwater Fauna in West and Central Africa. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 54. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. x + 162 p.
ROURE G. 1966. - Les animaux sauvages du Togo et de l'Afrique occidentale. Republique Togolaise, Service des Eaux et Forets, Ministere de l'Economie rurale.
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