This is a list of individually notable hippopotamids, a taxonomic family containing two extant species: the common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus.
Common hippos

- The Allenton Hippo
- The Armley Hippo
- Fiona, the first common hippopotamus to be imaged on ultrasound pre-natally[1]
- Huberta, who walked 1,000 miles along the coast of South Africa[2]
- Knautschke , who was born in Berlin Zoo in 1943 and survived the Battle of Berlin[3]
- Hipolit , whose skeleton is displayed at the Silesian Zoo[4]
- Obaysch, the first common hippo to live in Europe since the collapse of the Roman Empire[5]
- Owen, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and is known for his companionship with an Aldabra giant tortoise called Mzee[6]
- Teteia , who was the oldest animal in São Paulo Zoo at the time of her death[7]
Pygmy hippos

- Billy (full name William Johnson Hippopotamus), the pet of US president Calvin Coolidge[8]
- Haggis, who lives at Edinburgh Zoo[9]
- Moo Deng, subject of an internet meme in late 2024[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Hospital saves dehydrated baby hippo at Cincinnati Zoo", BBC News, 2017-02-21, retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ Hannah Jane Parkinson (2017-10-23), "From Félicette the space cat to Dolly the sheep – which animals should be given a statue?", The Guardian, retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ Thomas Köster (2018-06-20), "20. Juni 1988 – Todestag des Nilpferds Knautschke", Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German), retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ Olga Krzyżyk (2017-09-14), "Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny: Hipolit wraca do zoo" [Silesian Zoo: Hipolit returns to the zoo], Dziennik Zachodni (in Polish), retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ John Simons (2019). Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London. Sydney University Press. doi:10.3366/anh.2020.0676. ISBN 9781743325865. OCLC 1052585465. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Odd couple make friends in Kenya", BBC News, 2005-01-06, retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ Laura Capriglione (2011-08-06), "Morre o hipopótamo Teteia, animal mais antigo do zoo de SP" [Teteia, the oldest hippopotamus in the SP zoo, has died], Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese), retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ "Coolidge Pets Could Make Zoo of Their Own", The New York Times, 1927-08-28, retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ "Edinburgh zoo's pygmy hippo Haggis could be internet rival to Moo Deng", The Guardian, 2024-11-04, retrieved 2025-03-20
- ^ Emma Beddington (2024-12-26), "'The people's pygmy princess!' How Moo Deng captured the world's hearts", The Guardian, retrieved 2025-03-20
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