Animal directory
Common Hippopotamus
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Common Hippopotamus.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Hippopotamus amphibius
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Vulnerable
- Status code
- VU
- Regions
- Africa
- Biomes
- Wetlands, Grassland, Lakes and Rivers
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-06-30
- Status groups
- Vulnerable, Threatened
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Hippopotamidae
- Tax genus
- Hippopotamus
- Tax order
- Artiodactyla
- Wild population
- 115,000 to 130,000, in decline
- Wild population count
- 115000
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 4
- Barrier height
- 2 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 14 °C
- Temp max
- 36 °C
- Area land min
- 502 m²
- Area land
- 502 m² + 251 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 35 m² per animal
- Area water
- 502 m² + 251 m² per extra animal
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 0-30%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Sand 20-60%, Soil 0-60%, Rock 0-20%, Waterlogged 20-60%, Long Grass 15-60%, Grass 20-60%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 3-30 (up to 1 male, up to 29 females)
- Life expectancy
- 40-55 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-30
- Bachelor males
- 1-3
- Breeding difficulty
- Average
- Gestation
- 8 months
- Gestation months
- 8 months
- Group name
- Pod
- Interbirth
- 16 months
- Interbirth months
- 16 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1
- Mating season
- Aseasonal
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Maturity age
- 7 years
- Maturity years
- 7 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- 40 years
- Sterility years
- 40 years
Other facts
- Diet
- Young Branches and Leaves, Hay
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Leucistic
- Dominance
- Males are dominant
- Enrichment
- Bubble Blower - Airstone, Gyro, Large Tyre, Mud Bath, Plant Screen, Rubbing Pillar, Skittle, Sprinkler, Waterfall and Metal Frame
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Barrel Feeder - Hanging, Barrel Feeder - Large, Food Trough - Large, Food Trough - Medium, Food Trough - Small, Melon Feeder, Wall Feeder - Large, Wall Feeder - Medium, Wall Feeder - Small
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- None
- Size female
- 3.75 m
- Size male
- 4.5 m
- Size max
- 4.5 m
- Size measure
- Length
- Temperature
- 14 to 36°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Water Pipe
- Weather dislikes
- Snow
- Weight female
- 1250 kg
- Weight female text
- 1,250 kg
- Weight juvenile
- 125 kg
- Weight male
- 1750 kg
- Weight male text
- 1,750 kg
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: Waterfall and Metal Frame, at least 2 | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: at least 30 objects or plants with the Aquatic tag; Hippopotamus Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Before this level: an Observation Network (Observation Platform) in Tanzania Reserve and this species released in Tanzania Reserve |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 4: Rubbing Pillar, at least 3 | Unknown |
| Level 6 | Thriving Requirement 5: Barrel Feeder - Hanging, at least 2; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Observation network present at Tanzania Reserve AND Common Hippopotamus released at Tanzania Reserve
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed Pod | Mixed group | 1 to 4 males, 6 to 10 females |
| Solitary Male | Solitary male | 1 male |
Release requirements
| Requirement type | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems Required | Swamp |
(established)
Swamp
Common Hippopotamus2
Barriers at this grade7
Feeders9
Enrichment items9
Water sources1
Research levels1
Ecosystems2
Related entries129
- Barriers at this grade · Thick Glass (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Sprinkler (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Large Tyre (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Large Tyre (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Sprinkler (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Rubbing Pillar (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Concrete (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Sprinkler (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Thick Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Lakes and Rivers (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Skittle (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Barrel Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Plant Screen (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Skittle (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Foot And Mouth Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Gabion (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Tularemia (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Thick Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Common Hippopotamus (Used by / linked from)
- Common hippopotamus · Common Hippopotamus (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Rubbing Pillar (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Botulism Toxicosis (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Brick (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Barrel Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Swamp (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Acrylic (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Common Hippopotamus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Lakes and Rivers (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Steel Mesh (Used by / linked from)
- Researches species · Common Hippopotamus (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Acrylic (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Water Pipe (Used by / linked from)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Skittle (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Lakes and Rivers (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · MRSA (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Electric (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Brick (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Large Tyre (Used by / linked from)
- Has release groups · Common Hippopotamus (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Common Hippopotamus (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Gyro (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Steel Mesh (Used by / linked from)
- Common hippopotamus · Common Hippopotamus (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Barrel Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Listeriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Electric (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Campylobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Cowpox Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Skittle (Requires / provides)
- Water sources · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Rubbing Pillar (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Waterfall and Metal Frame (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Large Tyre (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Has research · Common Hippopotamus (Requires / provides)
- Objectives · Earning Your Stripes (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Barrel Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Gabion (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Concrete (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Plant Screen (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Waterfall and Metal Frame (Used by / linked from)
- Release requires ecosystem · Swamp · Swamp (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Concrete (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Brick (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Gabion (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Rotavirus (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Sprinkler (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses water source · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Electric (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Rubbing Pillar (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Lakes and Rivers (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Plant Screen (Requires / provides)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Gyro (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Steel Mesh (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Acrylic (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Plant Screen (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Small (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Waterfall and Metal Frame (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Gyro (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Gyro (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Research levels · Common Hippopotamus (Requires / provides)
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