Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:74 View Cited Treatment .
TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Nile River .
DISTRIBUTION: Rivers of savanna zone of Africa, and main rivers of forest zone in Zaire, south to rivers of S Cape Province ( South Africa), and north along White Nile to Nile Delta ( Egypt); now extinct along most of the White Nile and in most of South Africa, except in N and E Transvaal and N Natal.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( Ghana).
SYNONYMS: abyssinicus , australis , capensis , constrictus, kiboko, senegalensis, tschadensis, typus.
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758
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