Hippopotamus amphibius subsp. amphibius Linnaeus 1758

Hippopotamus amphibius subsp. amphibius Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 74.

Type Locality: "Habitat in Nilo & Bambolo Africae et ad ostia fluviorum Asiae"; restricted to River Nile (Thomas, 1911 a:155) in Egypt (G. M. Allen, 1939:457) .

Synonyms: Hippopotamus amphibius subsp. abyssinicus Lesson 1842; Hippopotamus amphibius subsp. africanus Lacépède 1799; Hippopotamus amphibius subsp. senegalensis Desmoulins 1826; Hippopotamus amphibius subsp. tschadensis Schwarz 1914; Hippopotamus amphibius subsp. typus Duvernoy 1846 .