Hippopotamidae

Table of contents

1 Placement 2 Synonyms and common names 3 References 4 Text 5 Children

Placement

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Mammalia

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

Text

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

Children

• Hippopotamus amphibius
• Choeropsis liberiensis