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A hippopotamus standing by a river while others bathe. Engraving by J Pye after W Craig.

Skull of a hippopotamus, with mouth wide open. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

Hippopotamuses with elephants in African jungle, representing the Behemoth of the Old Testament. Colour wood engraving attributed to Edmund Evans, 1867.

A hippopotamus drinking from a stream in the jungle. Colour lithograph.

Eight hippopotami in a river. Watercolour.

An hippopotamus, a pelican, two flamingos, two water-rats, two ostriches and a crocodile in a landscape. Watercolour.

Hooves of ungulates: hippopotamus (two figures), and wild boar (three figures). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

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A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Hooves of ungulates: hippopotamus (two figures), and wild boar (three figures). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

Skull of a hippopotamus, with mouth wide open. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

A hippopotamus standing by a river while others bathe. Engraving by J Pye after W Craig.

Eight hippopotami in a river. Watercolour.