Hippopotamus (genus)
Hippopotamus | |
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Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Hippopotamidae |
Subfamily: | Hippopotaminae |
Genus: | Hippopotamus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Hippopotamus amphibius | |
Synonyms | |
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Hippopotamus is a genus of artiodactyl mammals consisting of one extant species, Hippopotamus amphibius, also known as the hippopotamus, and several extinct species from both recent and prehistoric times. It belongs to the family Hippopotamidae, which also includes the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) and a number of extinct genera.
Species[]
The species of the genus Hippopotamus include:
Recent species[]
- Hippopotamus amphibius, hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus lemerlei, Lemerle's dwarf hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Madagascar dwarf hippopotamus
Fossil species[]
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- †Hippopotamus antiquus
- †Hippopotamus behemoth
- †Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Cretan dwarf hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus gorgops
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- †Hippopotamus laloumena, Malagasy hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus major
- †Hippopotamus melitensis, Maltese hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus minor, Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus (synonym Phanourios minor)[1]
- †Hippopotamus pentlandi, Sicilian hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus sirensis
References[]
- ^ Hooijer, Dirk Albert (1952). "Fact and Fiction in Hippopotamology (Sampling the History of Scientific Error)". Osiris. 10: 109–116. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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Categories:
- Hippopotamuses
- Mammal genera
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus