Hippopotamus VS Pygmy Hippo

jusko88

jusko88

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Hippopotamus in United States Zoos:
Adventure Aquarium: 2 female
Albuquerque Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Birmingham Zoo: 1 male
Busch Gardens: 1 male/ 2 female
Cleveland Zoo: 1 male
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo: 3 female
Dickerson Park Zoo: 1 male
Disney's animal Kingdom: 5 males/ 8 female
Ellen Trout Zoo: 2 female
Honolulu Zoo: 2 female
Kansas City Zoo: 2 female
Louisiana Purchase Zoo: 1 female
Oregon Zoo: 2 female
Memphis Zoo: 1 female
Milwaukee County Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Philadelphia Zoo: 2 female
San Antonio Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
San Diego Zoo: 2 male/ 1 female
San Francisco Zoo: 1 male
St. Louis Zoo: 4 female
Sedgwick County Zoo: 2 female
Toledo Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Topeka Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Wildlife Safari: 2 male
Woodland Park Zoo: 2 female

Pygmy Hippo in United States:
Baton Rouge Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Brookfield Zoo: 2 female
Franklin Park Zoo: 1 female
Gladys Porter Zoo: 2 male/ 1 female
Jackson Zoo: 1 female
Louisville Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Oklahoma City Zoo: 1 unknown sex
Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo: 2 male/ 2 female
Montgomery Zoo: 1 male / 1 female
San Diego Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Tampa Lowry Park Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Zoo Miami: 1 male/ 3 female
 
So totalling those up, there are 63 common hippos and 27+ pygmy hippos, which isn't a large amount (especially of pygmies, which I would have expected to be as common, if not more so, than their larger relatives).
 
With only 13 males in the US Common Hippo population, should Birmingham send Tadpole somewhere that needs a breeding male? Or do they do AI with Hippos? I don't think there is room for a 2nd hippo and they could then give that space including indoor and outdoor pools to the Rhino trio (do Rhino's bathe like elephants and hippos?)
 
tschandler71 said:
With only 13 males in the US Common Hippo population, should Birmingham send Tadpole somewhere that needs a breeding male? Or do they do AI with Hippos? I don't think there is room for a 2nd hippo and they could then give that space including indoor and outdoor pools to the Rhino trio (do Rhino's bathe like elephants and hippos?)
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I think a perfect fit for tadpole would be the Memphis zoo since they have a single female name splish who was born on Christmas Day back in 1988 to Julie who passed away recently due to old age. That would make splish 24 years old. I think that's a suitable age for a female hippo to breed. plus Memphis Zoo wants to bring in a male hippo for there new exhibit Zambezi River Hippo Camp which is suppost to debut in 2015.

Zambezi River Hippo Camp

Yes all pachyderms like to take mud and water bathes.
 
The DeYoung Family Zoo also has a male hippo that was born at a Safari park in Jakarta, Indonesia that is under 5 years old.
 
Zoological Collections in the US with:
Common Hippo: 26
Pigmy Hippo: 13

Zoological Collectons in Europe with:
Common Hippo: 92
Pigmy Hippo: 63

Very interesting facts.
Does anyone know why there´s such a difference?
 
tschandler71 said:
I don't think there is room for a 2nd hippo and they could then give that space including indoor and outdoor pools to the Rhino trio (do Rhino's bathe like elephants and hippos?)
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I believe African rhinos take dust baths more and Asian rhinos prefer a nice mud wallow but a water pool will do fine. If their rhinos are Indian then they'd use the pool just fine, but, if not, I'm not too sure the pools would be used to often.

~Thylo:cool:
 
jusko88 said:
Hippopotamus in United States Zoos:
Adventure Aquarium: 2 female
Albuquerque Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Birmingham Zoo: 1 male
Busch Gardens: 1 male/ 2 female
Cleveland Zoo: 1 male
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo: 3 female
Dickerson Park Zoo: 1 male
Disney's animal Kingdom: 5 males/ 8 female
Ellen Trout Zoo: 2 female
Honolulu Zoo: 2 female
Kansas City Zoo: 2 female
Louisiana Purchase Zoo: 1 female
Oregon Zoo: 2 female
Memphis Zoo: 1 female
Milwaukee County Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Philadelphia Zoo: 2 female
San Antonio Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
San Diego Zoo: 2 male/ 1 female
San Francisco Zoo: 1 male
St. Louis Zoo: 4 female
Sedgwick County Zoo: 2 female
Toledo Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Topeka Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Wildlife Safari: 2 male
Woodland Park Zoo: 2 female

Pygmy Hippo in United States:
Baton Rouge Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Brookfield Zoo: 2 female
Franklin Park Zoo: 1 female
Gladys Porter Zoo: 2 male/ 1 female
Jackson Zoo: 1 female
Louisville Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Oklahoma City Zoo: 1 unknown sex
Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo: 2 male/ 2 female
Montgomery Zoo: 1 male / 1 female
San Diego Zoo: 1 male/ 1 female
Tampa Lowry Park Zoo: 1 male/ 2 female
Zoo Miami: 1 male/ 3 female
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Thanks for taking the time to create this list and start this thread :)

Team Tapir223
 
filipinos said:
Zoological Collections in the US with:
Common Hippo: 26
Pigmy Hippo: 13

Zoological Collectons in Europe with:
Common Hippo: 92
Pigmy Hippo: 63

Very interesting facts.
Does anyone know why there´s such a difference?
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We are very glad that you posted this comparison because we were certainly wondering how Europe compared.The Hippo is a iconic zoo animal and we are have always been some what baffled by them getting the shaft in many US zoos!We certainly appreciate being members of the Toledo Zoo were we can enjoy these fantastic animals.

Team Tapir223
 
The Cincinnati Zoo plans to obtain Common Hippos for their new Africa! exhibit and I believe the Smithsonian National Zoo plans to bring back either Pygmy or Common Hippos (or both!) in the near future.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
The Cincinnati Zoo plans to obtain Common Hippos for their new Africa! exhibit and I believe the Smithsonian National Zoo plans to bring back either Pygmy or Common Hippos (or both!) in the near future.
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But Cincinnati won't get the hippos until 2015, I presume?
And where did you hear that the National Zoo plans to get hippos in the near future?
jusko- Capital of Texas Zoo has 1.0 Common Hippo.
 
BeardsleyZooFan said:
But Cincinnati won't get the hippos until 2015, I presume?
And where did you hear that the National Zoo plans to get hippos in the near future?
jusko- Capital of Texas Zoo has 1.0 Common Hippo.
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Haven't they said they plan to bring back all the animals they sent away for the Elephant Trails construction. And also I think either uszoo or I got an email saying they wanted them back.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Haven't they said they plan to bring back all the animals they sent away for the Elephant Trails construction. And also I think either uszoo or I got an email saying they wanted them back.
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I read, in a Facebook comment by the zoo I think, that they said that in the distant future they wanted to bring back giraffes and rhinos. It didn't mention hippos, though that might happen as well, but not in the near future.
 
Withonly 6 Institutions in the United States that have Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko and only 1 male able to breed which is Otis from San diego that could be a reason why the numbers are so low. Woodland Park Zoo has 1 female that's Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius . the only specimen of that subspecies. the rest are Hippopotamus amphibius. In reality only a few zoos are breeding them. Disney Animal Kingdom which has the most success.
 
Very interesting thread; we just talked about this recently! The National Zoo's old hippo yard is currently unused. However, I have no idea what indoor space it is connected to now and an African hippo wouldn't really fit into the Asian section of the zoo. It would be interesting if they added pygmy hippos to one of the Cheetah Conservation Station exhibits.
 
jusko88 said:
Withonly 6 Institutions in the United States that have Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko and only 1 male able to breed which is Otis from San diego that could be a reason why the numbers are so low. Woodland Park Zoo has 1 female that's Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius . the only specimen of that subspecies. the rest are Hippopotamus amphibius. In reality only a few zoos are breeding them. Disney Animal Kingdom which has the most success.
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These statements contradict each other as Disney's hippos are H. a. kiboko.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Are the European Zoos breeding either species?With much higher holding numbers one would assume they are.

Team Tapir223
 
ThylacineAlive said:
These statements contradict each other as Disney's hippos are H. a. kiboko.

~Thylo:cool:
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All my information came from a real good friend who works at ISIS Technical Support in
Eagan, MN. The info I have says there not H. a. kiboko thylo. im not disagreeing with you im just saying what I know. but even if that's the case it seems that's the only species of hippo that's breeding at the moment. BTW does anyone know the father of the Calf born at Topeka Zoo like a couple years ago? thks
 
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