Hippos are recognisable for their barrel-shaped torsos, wide-opening mouths with large canine tusks, nearly hairless bodies, pillar-like legs, and large size: adults average 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) for bulls (males) and 1,300 kg (2,900 lb) for cows (females).

Male hippos are known as ‘bulls‘, female hippos are ‘cows‘, and babies are ‘calves‘. Territorial males will control a pre-determined stretch of water, which will include a group of five to thirty females and their young.

2019年3月12日 · Female hippos reach sexual maturity between 3 and 4 years old but usually don’t start mating until they are about 7 or 8 years. After giving birth, a female hippopotamus won’t ovulate for about one year and a half.

A male hippopotamus is called a ‘bull’, a female hippopotamus is called a ‘cow’ and a baby hippopotamus is called a ‘calf’. The hippopotamus is a large, mostly plant-eating African mammal, one of only two extant, and three or four recently extinct, species in the family ‘Hippopotamidae’.

2023年12月14日 · Hippos are sexually dimorphic, with males being larger than females. Males can weigh up to 3,200 kg (7,000 lb), while females can weigh up to 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Hippos are also very social animals and live in groups called pods. Pods can range in size from a few individuals to several hundred.

Kingdon (1979), p. 256 states maximum weight of male hippo as 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) and female as 2,344 kg (5,168 lb). Other sources stating that hippos can weight up to 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) appears to reference Bere (1959) (and possibly other sources) but may not be accurate.

A female hippopotamus is called a cow and a baby hippo is called a calf. The species is also known as the common hippopotamus or the Nile hippopotamus. Hippopotami are the fourth largest mammals in the world (after whales, elephants and rhinoceroses). The Egyptian hippopotamus is smaller than the others. They can live in the water or on land.

Female hippos typically reach sexual maturity around the ages of five to six years old, marking a pivotal stage in their reproductive journey. During this time, their bodies undergo significant hormonal changes, signaling the onset of their ability to conceive and bear offspring.

Adult male and female common hippos, the behemoths of the savannah, command attention with their sheer size. Weighing in at an average of 1,500 kg (3,310 lbs) for males and 1,300 kg (2,870 lbs) for females, these creatures epitomize robustness.

2024年5月7日 · Males show no evidence of sexual fluctuations. Copulation lasts up to one half hour. Female is fully submerged (raises her nose above water periodically) Adaptations for underwater nursing: ears automatically fold and nostrils close (even when nursing on land). In the wild: males 6-13 yrs.; females 7-15yrs.