The hippopotamus is held sacred in the district of Papremis, but not elsewhere. The animal has four legs, cloven hoofs like an ox, a snub nose, a horse's mane and tail, conspicuous tusks, a voice like a horses neigh, and is about the size of a very large ox. Its hide is so thick and tough that when dried it can be made into spear-shafts.Herodotus - Book 2, 71
Sounds more like Milligan's 'hipporhinostricow'!
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