The hippopotamus is a mammal, and it is a very large mammal.Some people think that hippos belong to horses because their names contain the word "horse", but they are different from the living environment of horses, or at least have some relatives.In fact, no, although the name of the hippopotamus has a horse, but it is not a horse, nor is it very close.In fact, although hippos and horses are mammals, but they belong to different orders, families and genera, the difference is still relatively large.Specifically, the hippopotamus is a cetacean artiodactyl, hippopotamus, hippos, horses are Perissodactyla, equidae, Equus.
Hippos are named "hippos" because of their English name and Greek tradition.The English name for hippopotamus is "hippotamus", which can be split.In Greek, the word "hippos" stands for "horse", which can correspond to the first half of the English word hippopotamus; "Potamus" means "river", which can correspond to the second half of the English word hippopotamus.The combination of the two can be translated as "hippopotamus", not because hippopotamus belongs to horses.
As mentioned above, hippos and horses are not particularly close to each other, nor are they a kind of horse. They are animals of different orders, families, and genera.Compared with the two, in fact, the similarities are relatively limited, their faces have certain similarities, but not particularly like.In fact, the difference between the two is the most important, and the similarities are very few.They are different in many ways.For example, from the point of view of living environment, hippos can live in water, while horses generally live on land.For example, in terms of size, hippos are also much larger than horses.
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