Which mammal has a name which means 'river horse' in Greek?
"Hippopotamus The common hippopotamus (""Hippopotamus amphibius""), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (""Choeropsis liberiensis"" or ""Hexaprotodon liberiensis""). The name comes from the ancient Greek for ""river horse"" (). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged"
"Surprise egg"" of the Italian chocolate company Ferrero SpA. Hippopotamus The common hippopotamus (""Hippopotamus amphibius""), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (""Choeropsis liberiensis"" or ""Hexaprotodon liberiensis""). The name comes from the ancient Greek for ""river horse"" (). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are"
"Water horse A water horse (or ""waterhorse"" in some folklore) is a mythical creature, such as the Ceffyl Dŵr, Capaill Uisce, the bäckahäst and kelpie. The term ""water horse"" was originally a name given to the kelpie, a creature similar to the hippocamp, which has the head, neck and mane of a normal horse, legs like a horse, webbed feet, and a long, two-lobed, whale-like tail. The term has also been used as a nickname for lake monsters, particularly Ogopogo and Nessie. The name ""kelpie"" has often been a nickname for many other Scottish lake monsters, such as each uisge"
"were reported regularly during the 18th century, but it was not until the 19th century that sightings were recorded. Water horse A water horse (or ""waterhorse"" in some folklore) is a mythical creature, such as the Ceffyl Dŵr, Capaill Uisce, the bäckahäst and kelpie. The term ""water horse"" was originally a name given to the kelpie, a creature similar to the hippocamp, which has the head, neck and mane of a normal horse, legs like a horse, webbed feet, and a long, two-lobed, whale-like tail. The term has also been used as a nickname for lake monsters, particularly Ogopogo and"
"River Horse (sculpture) The River Horse is a bronze sculpture of a hippopotamus located on the campus of George Washington University. It is in front of Lisner Auditorium, at 21st Street and H Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. In 1996, George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg presented this bronze statue as a gift to the University's Class of 2000. The hippo stands with its mouth wide. Its nose is slightly worn due to passerby rubbing it. A plaque is placed on the base: The hippopotamus is not native to North America. President Trachtenberg admitted he"
"Hippocampus (mythology) The hippocampus or hippocamp, also ""hippokampoi"" (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; , from , ""horse"" and , ""sea monster""), often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician, Etruscan, and Greek mythology, though its name has a Greek origin. The hippocampus has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish. Coins minted at Tyre around the 4th century BC show the patron god Melqart riding on a winged hippocampus and accompanied by dolphins. Coins of the same period from Byblos show a hippocampus diving under"
"Pegasides Pegasides () were nymphs of Greek mythology connected with wells and springs, specifically those that the mythical horse Pegasus created by striking the ground with his hooves. According to Greek mythological tradition the winged horse Pegasus was the son of Poseidon, sea and river god of the Greeks, equivalent to the Roman Neptune. The hero Bellerophon needed the untamed Pegasus to help him defeat the monster Chimera. Hence, while Pegasus was drinking at the spring Pirene in Corinth, Bellerophon caught him. Pegasus, startled, struck a rock with his hoof, creating the spring Hippocrene on Mount Helicon. The name Pegasides"
"horses on the front, however. Both sides were decorated therefore, but the rear has mostly flaked off. The horse motif fits with its use as a grave vase, since the horse had sepulchral symbolism. Horses Amphora The Horse Amphora is the name given to a Melian pithamphora in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens with the inventory number 913. It is dated to around 660 BC. The Horse Amphora is the oldest known Melian Amphora and is among the largest examples of the type. The amphora is 88 centimetres high, the lid is not preserved. The name of the vessel derives"
"dusk to graze on grasses. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land. The hippopotamus is among the most dangerous animals in the world as it is highly aggressive and unpredictable. They are threatened by habitat loss and poaching for their meat and ivory canine teeth. The Latin word ""hippopotamus"" is derived from the ancient Greek , ""hippopotamos"", from , ""hippos"", ""horse"", and , ""potamos"", ""river"", meaning ""horse of the river"". In English, the plural is ""hippopotamuses"", but ""hippopotami"" is also used; ""hippos"" can be used as"
"invented the story. He said that, for fun, he made up a story that George Washington watched hippos swim in the Potomac River. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trachtenberg-reveals-truth-behind-hippo http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Petition-Seeks-to-Change-GW-Colonials-to-the-GW-Hippos-481773571.html River Horse (sculpture) The River Horse is a bronze sculpture of a hippopotamus located on the campus of George Washington University. It is in front of Lisner Auditorium, at 21st Street and H Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. In 1996, George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg presented this bronze statue as a gift to the University's Class of 2000. The hippo stands with its mouth wide. Its nose is slightly"
"that appears as a horse as often happens in northern-European folklore. He pursues the mare-Demeter and from the union she bears the horse Arion and a daughter who originally had the form or the shape of a mare. The two goddesses were not clearly separated and they were closely connected with the springs and the animals. They were related with the god of rivers and springs; Poseidon and especially with Artemis, the Mistress of the Animals who was the first nymph. According to the Greek tradition a hunt-goddess preceded the harvest goddess. In Arcadia, Demeter and Persephone were often called"
"each other both visually and vocally. Human activities have threatened wild equine populations. The word ""equus"" is Latin for ""horse"", and is cognate with the Greek ἵππος (""hippos""), ""horse"", and Mycenaean Greek ""i-qo"" /ikkʷos/, the earliest attested variant of the Greek word, written in Linear B syllabic script.; compare the alternative development of the Proto-Greek labiovelar in Ionic ἴκκος (""ikkos""). The genus ""Equus"" was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is the only recognized extant genus in the family Equidae. The first equids were small, dog-sized mammals (e.g. ""Eohippus"") adapted for browsing on shrubs during the Eocene, around"
"Horse The horse (""Equus ferus caballus"") is one of two extant subspecies of ""Equus ferus"". It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, ""Eohippus"", into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies ""caballus"" are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, as this term"
"Equidae Equidae (sometimes known as the horse family) is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, donkeys, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils. All extant species are in the genus ""Equus"". Equidae belongs to the order Perissodactyla, which includes the extant tapirs and rhinoceros, and several extinct families. The term equid refers to any member of this family, including any equine. The oldest known fossils assigned to Equidae date from the early Eocene, 54 million years ago. They used to be assigned to the genus ""Hyracotherium"", but the type species of"
"Horses Amphora The Horse Amphora is the name given to a Melian pithamphora in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens with the inventory number 913. It is dated to around 660 BC. The Horse Amphora is the oldest known Melian Amphora and is among the largest examples of the type. The amphora is 88 centimetres high, the lid is not preserved. The name of the vessel derives from its main image, which shows two slim, graceful, long-legged horses standing beside each other. The two are separated by a Palmette. While their bodies are shown as silhouettes, the heads are depicted in"
"painter depicts two riderless horses facing each other. There are no images on the other two sides. The vessel is 90 cm high. Rider Amphora The Rider Amphora is the name given to a Melian pithamphora in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens with the inventory number 912. It dates from around 660 BC. The Rider Amphora belongs to the wider examples of the type. Its name derives from its main image, which recalls that on the somewhat older Horses Amphora: two horses stand opposite each other, with a large palmette between them. However, in this image, a rider sits on"
"Rider Amphora The Rider Amphora is the name given to a Melian pithamphora in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens with the inventory number 912. It dates from around 660 BC. The Rider Amphora belongs to the wider examples of the type. Its name derives from its main image, which recalls that on the somewhat older Horses Amphora: two horses stand opposite each other, with a large palmette between them. However, in this image, a rider sits on each of the horses' backs. Each rider leads another horse with him, using a rope, which is depicted slightly offset behind the rider's"
"Arion (mythology) In Greek mythology, Arion or Areion (, gen.: Ἀρίωνος, Ἀρείωνος) is a divinely-bred, extremely swift immortal horse which, according to the Latin poet Sextus Propertius, was endowed with speech. Arion's siring by Poseidon in stallion form vary by author: according to the Pseudo-Apollodorus, the horse was foaled by Demeter while she was ""in the likeness of a Fury""; Pausanias reported that, according to Antimachus, the horse was the foal of Gaia, the Earth, herself. According to Quintus Smyrnaeus, Arion was begotten by loud-piping Zephyrus on a Harpy (probably Podarge). In the Epic Cycle Arion was mounted most notably"
"Pliohippus Pliohippus (Greek πλεῖον (pleion, ""more"") and ἵππος (ippos, ""horse"")) is an extinct genus of Equidae, the ""horse family"". ""Pliohippus"" arose in the middle Miocene, around 15 million years ago. It was similar in appearance to ""Equus"", but had two long extra toes on both sides of the hoof, externally barely visible as callused stubs. The long and slim limbs of ""Pliohippus"" reveal a quick-footed steppe animal. Until recently, because of its many anatomical similarities, ""Pliohippus"" was believed to be the ancestor of the present-day horse and its relatives in ""Equus"". Although ""Pliohippus"" clearly is an equid and thus related"
"Seahorse Seahorse (also written ""sea-horse"" and ""sea horse"") is the name given to 45 species of small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus. ""Hippocampus"" comes from the Ancient Greek ""hippokampos"" ( ""hippókampos""), itself from ""hippos"" ( ""híppos"") meaning ""horse"" and ""kampos"" ( ""kámpos"") meaning ""sea monster"". Having a head and neck suggestive of a horse, seahorses also feature segmented bony armour, an upright posture and a curled prehensile tail. Seahorses are mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate saltwater throughout the world, from about 45°S to 45°N . They live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs,"
"isolated Arcadia in southern Greece. Despoina, is daughter of Demeter and Poseidon ""Hippios"", Horse-Poseidon. These myths seem to be connected with the first Greek-speaking people who came from the north during the Bronze age. Poseidon represents the river spirit of the underworld and he appears as a horse as it often happens in northern-European folklore. He pursues the mare-Demeter and she bears one daughter who obviously originally had the form or the shape of a mare too. Demeter and Despoina were closely connected with springs and animals, related to Poseidon as a God of waters and especially with Artemis, the"
"the source of the Mekong river. Riwoche horse The Riwoche horse is a dun-colored, pony-sized horse indigenous to northeastern Tibet. It came to international attention in 1995, at which time its primitive appearance and small size led to speculation that it might be an evolutionary link between the prehistoric wild horse and the modern domestic horse. Subsequent analysis, however, demonstrated that it is genetically indistinguishable from modern horses. Riwoche horses are pony sized, standing only tall. They are said to resemble horses depicted in prehistoric cave paintings. They are dun in color, with angular bodies, upright manes and primitive markings"
"the Lamos river. They were set by Zeus to guard the infant Dionysos, protecting him from the machinations of Hera, but the enraged goddess transformed them into ox-horned Centaurs. The Lamian Pheres later accompanied Dionysos in his campaign against the Indians. Centaurs subsequently featured in Roman mythology, and were familiar figures in the medieval bestiary. They remain a staple of modern fantastic literature. The centaur's half-human, half-horse composition has led many writers to treat them as liminal beings, caught between the two natures, embodied in contrasted myths, both as the embodiment of untamed nature, as in their battle with the"
"Mesohippus Mesohippus (Greek: ""μεσο""/""meso"" meaning ""middle"" and ""ιππος""/""hippos"" meaning ""horse"") is an extinct genus of early horse. It lived some 30 to 40 million years ago from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene. Like many fossil horses, ""Mesohippus"" was common in North America. ""Mesohippus"" had longer legs than its predecessor ""Eohippus"" and stood about 60 cm (6 hands) tall. This equid is the first fully tridactyl horse in the evolutionary record, with the third digit being longer and larger than its second and fourth digits; Mesohippus had not developed a hoof at this point, rather it still had pads"
"a galley. A gold sea-horse was discovered in a hoard from the kingdom of Lydia in Asia minor, dating to the 6th century BC. In the ""Iliad"", Homer describes Poseidon, god of horses, earthquakes, and the sea, drawn by brazen-hoofed horses over the sea's surface, and Apollonius of Rhodes, describes the horse of Poseidon emerging from the sea and galloping across the Libyan sands. This compares to the specifically ""two-hoofed"" hippocampi of Gaius Valerius Flaccus in his ""Argonautica"": ""Orion when grasping his father’s reins heaves the sea with the snorting of his two-hooved horses."" In Hellenistic and Roman imagery, however,"
"the mares after Marmax, but granted burial to them also, and that the river received the name Parthenia from the mare of Marmax."""" Marmax In Greek mythology, Marmax (Ancient Greek: Μάρμαξ) was one of the suitors of Hippodameia, who was slain by Oenomaus, and was buried with his two horses, Parthenia and Eripha. The geographer Pausanias recounted the account of Marmax. """"Going on from this point you come to the water of Parthenia, and by the river is the grave of the mares of Marmax. The story has it that this Marmax was the first suitor of Hippodameia to arrive,"
"fruits and foliage to one focused increasingly on browsing foods. During the Eocene, an ""Eohippus"" species (most likely ""Eohippus angustidens"") branched out into various new types of Equidae. Thousands of complete, fossilized skeletons of these animals have been found in the Eocene layers of North American strata, mainly in the Wind River basin in Wyoming. Similar fossils have also been discovered in Europe, such as ""Propalaeotherium"" (which is not considered ancestral to the modern horse). Approximately 50 million years ago, in the early-to-middle Eocene, ""Eohippus"" smoothly transitioned into ""Orohippus"" through a gradual series of changes. Although its name means ""mountain"
"of a goat and the rear half of a fish. Canonical figures, most of which were not themselves cult images, and coins of the Carian goddess associated with Aphrodite as the ""Aphrodite of Aphrodisias"" through ""interpretatio graeca"", show the goddess riding on a sea-goat. Brody describes her thus: Aside from ""aigikampoi"", the fish-tailed goats representing Capricorn, other fish-tailed animals rarely appeared in Greek art, but are more characteristic of the Etruscans. These include ""leokampoi"" (fish-tailed lions), ""taurokampoi"" (fish-tailed bulls) or ""pardalokampoi"" (fish-tailed leopards). Hippocampus (mythology) The hippocampus or hippocamp, also ""hippokampoi"" (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; , from , ""horse"" and"
"(ike 池) with a beautiful moon (tsuki/zuki 月) behind him and therefore named him ""Ikezuki"". Ikezuki (horse) Ikezuki (池月)is the name of a white horse that belonged to Shōgun Yoritomo and also makes an appearance in the Tale of Heike, being ridden by Sasaki Takatsuna, as well as other appearances throughout the Genpei War. Ikezuki was well known for his ability to swim and bite. Today, the name Ikezuki is used as the name for a park in Mima City, the name of a station in Miyagi Prefecture (Ikezuki Station), and as the name of a sake maker. Ikezuki is"
"The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature """"Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis"""". Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work and such a ferry, modified by using horses, was used in Lake Champlain in 19th-century America. See """"When Horses Walked on Water: Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America"""" (Smithsonian Institution Press; Kevin Crisman, co-authored with Arthur Cohn, Executive Director of the"
"larger than that of its predecessors; its brain was similar to that of modern horses. Mesohippus Mesohippus (Greek: ""μεσο""/""meso"" meaning ""middle"" and ""ιππος""/""hippos"" meaning ""horse"") is an extinct genus of early horse. It lived some 30 to 40 million years ago from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene. Like many fossil horses, ""Mesohippus"" was common in North America. ""Mesohippus"" had longer legs than its predecessor ""Eohippus"" and stood about 60 cm (6 hands) tall. This equid is the first fully tridactyl horse in the evolutionary record, with the third digit being longer and larger than its second and fourth"
"represented with thunder and lightning. The proponents of this etymology adduce Pegasus' role, reported as early as Hesiod, as the bringer of thunderbolts to Zeus. It was first suggested in 1952 and remains widely accepted, but Robin Lane Fox (2009) has criticized it as implausible. According to legend, everywhere the winged horse struck his hoof to the earth, an inspiring water spring burst forth. One of these springs was upon the Muses' Mount Helicon, the ""Hippocrene"" (""horse spring""), opened, Antoninus Liberalis suggested, at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling with rapture at the song of the Muses;"
"Fleuve The Fleuve is a breed of horse from Senegal, in West Africa. Its name is the French word for ""river""; it is named for the Senegal River (). It is one of four Senegalese horse breeds, the others being the Foutanké, the M'Bayar and the M'Par. The origins of the horse in Senegal are not documented. The Fleuve derives from Sahel-type horses from the Hodh and Kayes regions of modern-day Mauretania and Mali, to the north of Senegal. Those in turn are descended from Barb horses from the Maghreb countries further to the north. The Fleuve has been described"