Mass: 1107 kg based on Ledger 1964 and Harthoorn 1965
Diet: grazer based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990
Abundance: 0.02 to 88.00% (median 2.01%)
Latitudinal range: -34.4° to 41.9°Habitats: (38), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)
Found in 42 samples
Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanda 2 (Middle Pleistocene), Katanda 9 (Middle Pleistocene), Katanda 16 (Middle Pleistocene)
Egypt: Gebel Silsila 2B-I (Afian) (Late Pleistocene), Gebel Silsila 2B-II (Silsilian) (Late Pleistocene), Gebel Silsila 2B (Survey) (Late Pleistocene)
Ethiopia: Gombore II (Early Pleistocene), Simbiro III (Early Pleistocene)
Italy: Canale delle Acque Alte (Layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Casal de'Pazzi (Middle Pleistocene)
Kenya: Usenge 3 (Kansyore) (Holocene), Usenge 3 (Urewe) (Holocene), Karungu (Late Pleistocene), Mfangano Island (Late Pleistocene), Kibogo (Late Pleistocene)
Mauritania: Dhar Tichitt Site 46 (Holocene)
Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park
Senegal: Diouboye (Holocene)
South Africa: Blombos Cave (Phase M1) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M2) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M3) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (LSA) (Holocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Post HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Late HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Intermediate HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Jack) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Early HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Still Bay) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 3 (Middle Pleistocene)
Spain: Bolomor Cave (Level IV) (Middle Pleistocene)
Sudan: Affad 23 (Late Pleistocene), Wadi Halfa (6B36) (Late Pleistocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic) (Holocene), HP766 (Late Pleistocene)
Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement)
Uganda: Nile Delta
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene)
| ♀ body mass | 845940 kg | N = 8 | Ledger 1964 |
| ♂ body mass | 1224699 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 816466 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 907185 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1587573 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1360777 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1360777 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1587573 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1451496 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 861826 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1360777 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 997903 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1406136 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1814369 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 997903 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1451496 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1315418 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
| ♂ body mass | 1138730 kg | N = 8 | Ledger 1964 |
See also Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus behemoth, Hippopotamus gorgops, Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus protamphibius, Hippopotamus sp.