List of individual hippopotamids

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This is a list of individually notable hippopotamids, a taxonomic family containing two extant species: the common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus.

Common hippos

Obaysch in London Zoo, 1852

Archaeological specimens

• The Allenton Hippo skeletal remains ^[a]
• The Armley Hippo skeletal remains ^[b]

Intact

• Fiona, the first common hippopotamus to be imaged on ultrasound pre-natally ^[4]
• Hipolit  [ pl ], whose skeleton is displayed at Silesian Zoo ^[5]
• Huberta, who walked 1,000 miles along the coast of South Africa ^[6]
• Knautschke  [ de ], who was born in Berlin Zoo in 1943 and survived the Battle in Berlin ^[7]
• Mae Mali, the longest-living hippopotamus in captivity in the world
• Obaysch, the first common hippo to live in Europe since the collapse of the Roman Empire ^[8]
• Owen, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and is known for his companionship with an Aldabra giant tortoise called Mzee ^[9]
• Teteia  [ pt ], who was the oldest animal in São Paulo Zoo at the time of her death ^[10]

Pygmy hippos

Moo Deng in Khao Kheow Open Zoo, 2024

• Billy (full name William Johnson Hippopotamus), the pet of United States president Calvin Coolidge ^[11]
• Haggis, who lives at Edinburgh Zoo ^[12]
• Moo Deng, subject of an internet meme in late 2024 ^[13]

See also

• Lists of animals

Notes

1. Less than 127 bones. The complete skeleton has approximately 200 or more bones. ^{[1] [2] [3]}
2. The remains were 122 bones which is less than the complete skeleton ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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6. Hannah Jane Parkinson (2017-10-23), "From Félicette the space cat to Dolly the sheep – which animals should be given a statue?", The Guardian , retrieved 2025-03-20
7. Thomas Köster (2018-06-20), "20. Juni 1988 – Todestag des Nilpferds Knautschke", Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German), retrieved 2025-03-20
8. John Simons (2019). Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London. Sydney University Press. doi:10.3366/anh.2020.0676. ISBN   9781743325865. OCLC   1052585465 . Retrieved 2025-03-20.
9. "Odd couple make friends in Kenya", BBC News , 2005-01-06, retrieved 2025-03-20
10. Laura Capriglione (2011-08-06), "Morre o hipopótamo Teteia, animal mais antigo do zoo de SP" [Teteia, the oldest hippopotamus in the SP zoo, has died], Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese), retrieved 2025-03-20
11. "Coolidge Pets Could Make Zoo of Their Own" , The New York Times , 1927-08-28, retrieved 2025-03-20
12. "Edinburgh zoo's pygmy hippo Haggis could be internet rival to Moo Deng", The Guardian , 2024-11-04, retrieved 2025-03-20
13. Emma Beddington (2024-12-26), "'The people's pygmy princess!' How Moo Deng captured the world's hearts", The Guardian , retrieved 2025-03-20