Choeropsis
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Choeropsis
Species (1): C. liberiensis
Name
[edit]Choeropsis Leidy, 1853: 213 [name conserved by Opinion 1393]
Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]Choerodes Leidy, 1852: 52 [name suppressed by Opinion 1393]
Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.
Homonyms
[edit]- Choeropsis Thomson, 1861, younger homonym = Trichomesia Pascoe, 1859
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Ελληνικά: Χοίροψις
日本語: コビトカバ属
македонски: Пигмејски нилски коњи
日本語: コビトカバ属
македонски: Пигмејски нилски коњи