Hippos
WHS where hippos can be found in the wild. Includes all species of the family Hippopotamidae.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Comoé National Park | "There are also 21 species of artiodactyl present in the park including hippopotamus" (wiki) | |
| Garamba National Park | "Garamba National Park contains the four largest land mammals in the world, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the giraffe and the hippopotamus." (OUV) | |
| Kenya Lake System | "major breeding grounds for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus and a variety of venomous snakes." (AB ev) | |
| Lake Malawi | "Mammals include hippo (particularly in the Monkey Bay area)" (AB ev) | |
| Lake Turkana | "The island parks are the breeding habitats of the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, the hippopotamus amphibious and several snake species." (OUV) | |
| Mana Pools | At Zambezi River: "The river is also famous for its sizeable numbers of hippopotamus and Nile crocodile." (OUV) | |
| Manovo-Gounda St. Floris | "Several important large mammal species in terms of conservation live in the Park, such as black rhino, elephant, hippopotamus, ..." (OUV) | |
| Matobo Hills | In Matobo National Park | |
| Ngorongoro | "Large mammals in the crater include the .. hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious)."(wiki) | |
| Niokolo-Koba National Park | "6000 hippopotamuses" (wiki) | |
| Okavango Delta | "the Okavango Delta has an exceptional diversity of plant, bird and mammal species, including viable populations of large mammal species .. such as... Hippopotamus" (AB ev) | |
| Salonga National Park | "Other mammals in the park include .. hippopotamus" (wiki) | |
| Selous Game Reserve | "It also includes one of the world's largest known populations of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (18,200)" (OUV) | |
| Serengeti | 500 hippopotamuses (OUV) | |
| Taï National Park | "threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus" (official description) | |
| Victoria Falls | "Victoria Falls is situated on the mighty Zambezi River, which is home to a great number of river hippopotamus. It would be almost impossible to go on a river cruise without seeing several herds of these interesting animals." (see link) | |
| Virunga National Park | "the largest concentration of hippopotamuses in Africa, with 20,000 individuals living on the banks of Lake Edward and along the Rwindi, Rutshuru and Semliki Rivers." (OUV) | |
| W-Arly-Pendjari Complex | Pendjari National Park: Mammal species found here include .. hippo. (see link) | |
| iSimangaliso Wetland Park | "among others has megaherbivores such as rhino and hippo" (AB ev) |
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