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
Archaeological specimens
- The Allenton Hippo skeletal remains
- The Armley Hippo skeletal remains
Intact
- Fiona, the first common hippopotamus to be imaged on ultrasound pre-natally and lightest known Nile hippopotamus calf to survive (29 pounds)[1]
- Hipolit, whose skeleton is displayed at Silesian Zoo[2]
- Huberta, who walked 1,000 miles along the coast of South Africa[3]
- Knautschke, who was born in Berlin Zoo in 1943 and survived the Battle in Berlin[4]
- 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[5]
- Owen, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and is known for his companionship with an Aldabra giant tortoise called Mzee[6]
- Teteia, who was the oldest animal in São Paulo Zoo at the time of her death[7]
Pygmy hippos
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- Billy (full name William Johnson Hippopotamus), the pet of United States president Calvin Coolidge[8]
- Haggis, who was born at Edinburgh Zoo and lives in Wingham Wildlife Park.[9]
- Mars, who was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Kansas, and was filmed interacting with his mother in a viral video when he was 6 weeks old[10]
- Moo Deng, subject of an internet meme in late 2024[11]
- Poppy, who was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia in 2024.