Hippopotamus

Fine art print inspired by an engraving made in the 1840s by Charles Orbigny.

Features a hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, The hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal. Their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago. Hippos have barrel-shaped torsos, enormous mouths and teeth, nearly hairless bodies, stubby legs and tremendous size.