Common Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyHippopotamidae (Hippopotamuses)
- GenusHippopotamus (Nile Hippopotamuses)
- SpeciesHippopotamus amphibius (Common Hippopotamus)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Northern Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Bushpig
Potamochoerus larvatus
Blue Duiker
Philantomba monticola
Cape Grysbok
Raphicerus melanotis
Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Fallow Deer
Dama dama
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Southern Giraffe
Giraffa giraffa
Bontebok/Blesbok
Damaliscus pygargus
Common Eland
Taurotragus oryx
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Common Hippopotamus at Garden Route National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there