Choeropsis liberiensis
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Choeropsis
Species: Choeropsis liberiensis
Subspecies: C. l. liberiensis
Subspecies extincta: †C. l. heslopi
Name
[edit]Choeropsis liberiensis (Morton, 1849)
- Syntypes: BMNH 1850.7.5.1, and ANSP 2332 and 2333.
- Type locality: “the river St. Pauls, a stream that rises in the mountains of Guinea, and passing through the Dey country and Liberia, empties into the Atlantic to the north of Cape Messurado”, Liberia.
Synonymy
[edit]- Hippopotamus liberiensis (protonym)
- Hippopotamus minor Morton, 1844: 15 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Hippopotamus minor Desmarest, 1822]
- Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) liberiensis Morton, 1849: 232 [nomen novum]
- Hexaprotodon liberiensis — Coryndon, 1977: 69 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Morton, S.G. 1844. On a supposed New Species of Hippopotamus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(1): 14–17. BHL Reference page.
- Morton, S.G. 1849. Additional observations on a new living species of Hippopotamus. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second series 1(3): 231–239. 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.
- Coryndon, S.C. 1977. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B, Palaeontology, geology, physics and chemistry 80(2): 61–88. Reference page.
- Flacke, G.L. & Decher, J. 2019. Choeropsis liberiensis (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae). Mammalian Species 51(982): 100–118. DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sez017
Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]čeština: Hrošík liberijský
dansk: Dværgflodhest
Deutsch: Zwergflusspferd
English: Pygmy Hippopotamus
español: Hipopótamo pigmeo
français: Hippopotame pygmée
日本語: コビトカバ
Nederlands: Dwergnijlpaard
polski: Hipopotam karłowaty
ไทย: ฮิปโปโปเตมัสแคระ
中文: 倭河馬
dansk: Dværgflodhest
Deutsch: Zwergflusspferd
English: Pygmy Hippopotamus
español: Hipopótamo pigmeo
français: Hippopotame pygmée
日本語: コビトカバ
Nederlands: Dwergnijlpaard
polski: Hipopotam karłowaty
ไทย: ฮิปโปโปเตมัสแคระ
中文: 倭河馬
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