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Hippopotamuses - English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/2363/board/hippo.html

The familly Hippopotamidae consists of two genera Choeropsis liberiensis (pigmy hippopotamus) is the sole species. It lives in forests. Hippopotamus amphibiius (hippopotamus) is the sole species. It lives in grasslands.

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Hippopotamuses - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/artiodactyla.hippopotamidae.html

This family of two Recent genera and three species originally occurred during historical time in suitable habitat throughout Africa south of the Sahara, all along the Nile River, and in Palestine and Madagascar.

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Hippopotamidae (Hippopotamuses) - English
URL: http://www.thebigzoo.com/zoo/Hippopotamidae.asp

This family consists of two species, the common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus. The predominant difference between the two is their size. Both have a rounded body, broad head, and short legs.

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