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Common hippopotamus

Length

3.5 m (usual head-and-body length of adult males)

Height

1.5 m (usual shoulder height of adult males)

Weight

1,600 to 4,500 kg (adult males; females average about 1,400 kg)

Top speed

up to 30 km/h (a short charge on land)

Lifespan in the wild

25 to 30 years (average in the wild; rarely more than 40)

Lives in

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad and 29 more places