Hippopotamus minor

Hippopotamus minor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Whippomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha

Familia: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Hippopotamus
Species: Hippopotamus minor

Name

Hippopotamus minor Desmarest, 1822

References

• Desmarest, A.G. 1822. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Mme Veuve Agasse imprimeur édit., Paris, 2ème part., pp.277–555.
• Burness, G.P., Diamond, J. & Flannery, T.F. 2001. Dinosaurs, dragons, and dwarfs: The evolution of maximal body size. PNAS 98(25): 14518–23 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.251548698
• Swiny, S. (ed.) 2001. The earliest prehistory of Cyprus: from colonization to exploitation. American Schools of Oriental Research xiv, pp.171. ISBN 0-89757-051-0
• Boekschoten G.J. & Sondaar, P.Y. 1972. On the fossil mamalia of Cyprus, I & II. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series B) 75 (4): 306–38.
• Bordone, B. 1528. Libro di Benedetto Bordone. Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere. Niccolo Zoppino, Venice. In facsimile, Edizioni Aldine, Modena, 1982.

Vernacular names

English: Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus, Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus
magyar: Ciprusi törpe víziló