Hippopotamus
Mr F A Knowles shot this hippo at Ankole on the shores of Lake Victoria. The hippo has unusually large lower canine teeth for an animal whose diet is mainly grass. The bull (male) hippos use them as weapons in their frequent battles.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 53/1946/76
- Collection Class
- Mammals
- Collection Area Region
- East Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Knowles, Mr F A
- Common Name
- hippopotamus
- Simple Name
- mammal: skull
