1/3/2024 0 Comments Hipo potamus![]() Instead, mucous glands secrete a thick oily layer of red pigmented fluid. Outer epidermal skin layers are extremely thin, making them vulnerable to wounds from fighting. Their bodies are covered with a scarce amount of thin hair, except for thick bristle like hair on their heads and tails. Hippopotami have skin tones of a purple gray or slate color, with brownish pink coloring around their eyes and ears. Weighing between 1,300 and 3,200 kg, hippopotamusi measure between 209 and 505 cm in length, including a tail of about 35 cm in length. ( "Hippopotamus", 2011 Estes, 1992 Lewison and Oliver, 2008 Roomer, 1872 Stevenson-Hamilton, 1912) Hippos emerge from water at dusk and go ashore to feed, and travel individually down familiar paths usually less than 1.6 km to dense, grassy grazing areas along the banks of the water. When shallow waters are not present hippos reside in deeper water, leaving only their nostrils above the surface to breathe. It is in these waters that mating and childbirth occurs. During the daytime, herds prefer to sleep in shallow water, or occasionally on a mud bank, grouped closely together. ![]() The water must be deep enough for the hippo to submerge its entire body in usually water about 2 meters deep is preferred. Hippos are a semi-aquatic mammal, usually inhabiting shallow lakes, rivers, and swamps. ( Estes, 1992 Lewison and Oliver, 2008 Pushkina, 2007 Stevenson-Hamilton, 1912) ![]() Known populations are found in countries including: Angola, Benin, northern Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, southern Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, northern Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa (only in northern and eastern Limpopo Province, eastern Mpumalanga Province, and northern KwaZulu-Natal), Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Hippos occur in rivers throughout the savanna of Africa and the main rivers of Central Africa. Hippopotamusi ( Hippopotamus amphibius) are found exclusively in the Ethiopian region of the world.
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