Hippopotamus Showing Tricks in Famous Indian Circus - Hippo / Jalhastee

Hippopotamus showing tricks in Famous Circus, Kolkata. A huge size Hippopotamus [in Bengali Jalhasti] performing tricks in Circus in-front of thousands of audience. An aged Hippopotamus [in Bangla Jol Hasti / Jolhastee] listening to his/her master & showing skillful tricks in Famous Circus. An old huge Hippopotamus (Jalhastee) showing some amazing tricks on stage in Famous Circus, which was held at Sodepur Goshala Ground (Near, Pansila Natagarh area). The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in 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). Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Hippopotamidae Genus: Hippopotamus Linnaeus, 1758 Species: H. amphibious Binomial name Hippopotamus amphibius.