Hippopotamus strolling at the Maasai Mara River National Game Reserve Park And Conservation Areas Exploring Africa Safari Adventure Wildlife Paradise Narok County rift valley Kenya East Africa.
The hippopotamus, also called the hippo, common hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus. Its name comes from the ancient Greek for `river horse`