Choeropsis

Choeropsis

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: Choeropsis
Species (1): C. liberiensis

Name

Choeropsis Leidy, 1853: 213 [name conserved by Opinion 1393]

Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Choerodes Leidy, 1852: 52 [name suppressed by Opinion 1393]

Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.

Homonyms

• Choeropsis Thomson, 1861, younger homonym = Trichomesia Pascoe, 1859

References

Primary references

• Leidy, J. 1852. [Some remarks upon the comparative osteology and dentition of the Hippopotamus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 52. BHL
• Leidy, J. 1853. On the osteology of the head of Hippopotamus, and a description of the osteological characters of a new genus of Hippopotamidae. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 207–224. BHL
• ICZN 1986. Opinion 1393. Choeropsis Leidy, 1852 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(2): 142–143. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boisserie, J.-R. 2005. The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00138.x Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Χοίροψις
日本語: コビトカバ属
македонски: Пигмејски нилски коњи