Planet Zoo 2 · Animal database
Common Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Common Hippopotamus is included in Planet Zoo 2’s base game. Frontier lists terrestrial habitats. Check the published requirements below before adding it to your zoo.
Confirmed profile
Official roster- Edition
- Base gameNo Deluxe upgrade needed
- Habitat type
- TerrestrialOfficial Zoopedia habitat category
- Regions
- Africa
- Scientific name
- Hippopotamus amphibius
Biomes
- Lakes and Rivers
- Grassland
- Wetlands
Frontier’s biome and region labels help you plan a zoo theme. They do not establish which animals can share an enclosure.
Care & breeding
Frontier web ZoopediaThese are Frontier’s published values, checked 19 October 2026. They have not been tested in our own game. Missing values stay marked as unavailable. Food enrichment is listed separately from a complete diet or feeder list.
Space values: 1 adult in Frontier’s calculator. Larger groups can need more space. Compare the group limits separately; this calculator setting is not a recommended group size.
Space & water
Minimum enclosure size and any required water depth.
- Minimum space
- Land area: 502m²Shelter area: 35m²Aquatic area: 502m²
- Water depth
- Not in checked sources
Care & welfare
Temperature and enrichment published by Frontier.
- Temperature
- 14°C to 36°C
- Humidity
- Not in checked sources
- Salinity
- Not in checked sources
- Food enrichment
- Barrel Feeder - HangingBarrel Feeder - LargeMelon Feeder
- Habitat enrichment
- GyroSkittleSprinklerRubbing PillarWaterfall and Metal FramePlant ScreenLarge TyreBubble Blower - AirstoneMud Bath
Social & breeding
Group limits, compatible species and breeding requirements.
- Group size
- Mixed: 3 - 30Male: 3 - 3Female: 3 - 30
- Compatible species
- 0 Thriving0 Neutral. See the species lists below.
- Breeding
- Litter Size: 1-1Gestation / Incubation Period: 8 monthsInterbirth Period: 16 monthsReproduction Difficulty: EasyAge Of Sexual Maturity: 7 yearsAge Of Sexual Sterility: 40 years
Species relationships
Official listsThese are the Thriving and Neutral lists on this animal’s own Frontier entry. The reverse lists can differ, so check both profiles as well as each animal’s enclosure requirements. An unlisted pair is unknown here.
Thriving (0)
No species listed by Frontier.
Neutral (0)
No species listed by Frontier.
From Frontier’s Zoopedia
Natural historyFrontier publishes the following information about the animal in nature. These are not confirmed enclosure limits, feeding equipment or breeding mechanics for Planet Zoo 2.
- Classification
- Mammalia · Artiodactyla · Hippopotamidae · Hippopotamus
- Conservation label
- Vulnerable
Common Hippopotamus, answered
Do you need Deluxe for Common Hippopotamus?
No. Frontier lists this animal in the base game.
Which habitat does Common Hippopotamus use?
Frontier lists Terrestrial. Its biome labels are Lakes and Rivers, Grassland, Wetlands.
Can Common Hippopotamus share an enclosure with other animals?
Frontier’s checked relationship lists contain no named partners for this animal. This does not establish that every other combination is unsafe. We have not tested enclosure sharing in our own game.
Sources & data status
Frontier’s official Common Hippopotamus Zoopedia entry ↗
Frontier’s official animal roster ↗
Source checked . Roster, published care statistics and relationship lists were read from Frontier’s web Zoopedia. These values have not been verified in our own game. Care, group limits and breeding have not been checked in our own game yet.