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Object Number: Ab4121

Collection: Biology

Object Name: Hippopotamus

Common Name: Hippopotamus

Informal Name: cloven-hooved

: mammal

: animal

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Hippopotamidae

Genus: Hippopotamus

Species: amphibius

Preservation Technique: osteology (skull)