yesnomaybeso
Hippos are not related to horses at all. They are actually more closely related to whales and dolphins. There are three species of hippos.
No, Manatees and Hippos are not related to one another. The Hippos is related to whales and porpoises, while the Manatee is related more closely to elephants. For more details, please see the sites listed below.
Whales are related to the even-toed hoofed mammals. Whales are most closely related to modern hippos, and should share a common ancestor with them.
The land animal which is most closely related to whales is the hippopotamus.
Dolphins are mammals closely related to whales and sea cows. They are also related to hippos (but not as closely).
Whales are actually very close to birds. You see, birds and whales both have structures called homologous structures (H). H-structures are mainly bone structures in an animal that are very similar to other creatures. If you look at the bones and their structure in the whales fins and flippers you will see that they are nearly identical to that of a birds wing.
Hippos are mammals in the artiodactyla (even toed ungulates). More closely related to whales than other species.
cats, dogs, birds, whales, hippos, and stuff.
Thewissen says that whales are more closely linked to an extinct pig-like animal, often known as India's pig or Indohyus, while hippos are closely related to living pigs. But this isn't accurate according to Theodor.Mar 19, 2009
hippos
hippos
Beleived to be descended from an early hippopatomid, Kenyapotomus, which went extinct around eight million years ago.