Common Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyHippopotamidae (Hippopotamuses)
- GenusHippopotamus (Nile Hippopotamuses)
- SpeciesHippopotamus amphibius (Common Hippopotamus)
Closest Relatives at Lower Zambezi National Park
Common Warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Greater Kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Northern Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Common Eland
Taurotragus oryx
Nyala
Tragelaphus angasii
Puku
Kobus vardonii
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Hippopotamus in Lower Zambezi National Park?
About 53% of visitor-days record a Common Hippopotamus sighting in Lower Zambezi National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Hippopotamus in Lower Zambezi National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Common Hippopotamus in Lower Zambezi National Park in our monthly data.