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Elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses used to all be categorized in the same family of pachyderms. However, they have now been divided up into different families. Elephants are in the family of elephantidae, hippos are in the family hippopotamidae, and rhinos are in the family rhinocerotidae.

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