English: Hippos family.
Clades:
Artiodactyla;
Laurasiatheria;
Mammalia;
Animals.
Genera: Hippopotamus; Choeropsis.
Zoology: stout, naked-skinned, amphibious animals; they have three-chambered stomachs; walking on four toes on each foot; they resemble pigs physiologically; pseudoruminants like camels.
TaxonomyClosest living relatives are the cetaceans, whales and dolphins.
SpeciesChoeropsis liberiensis: pygmy hippo; forests of west Africa.
Hippopotamus amphibius: common hippo.