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Hippopotamus gorgops getting a barbel spa Amberghini / CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H._gorgops_barbel_spa.png https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Hippopotamus gorgops

Hippopotamus gorgops was the largest member of the Hippopotamidae family to ever live.

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Fossil of Hipopotamus, an extinct mammal -- Took the photo at Natural History Museum, London

Hippopotamus gorgops

German scientist Wilhelm Otto Dietrich published the first description of this species in 1928. Only a few fossils have been found so far, making it difficult to tell the exact habit of this species.

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Hippopotamus gorgops

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Hippopotamus gorgops

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