Hexaprotodon liberiensis

Hexaprotodon liberiensis

Hexaprotodon liberiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Whippomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Artiodactyla Subordo: Whippomorpha

Familia: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Hexaprotodon
Species: Hexaprotodon liberiensis
Subspecies: H. l. heslopi – H. l. liberiensis

Name

Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Morton, 1849)

Type locality: Liberia, "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".

Synonyms

• Choeropsis liberiensis Morton, 1844
• Hippopotamus minor (Morton, 1844) [preoccupied]

References

Primary references

• Morton, S.G. 1844. On a supposed New Species of Hippopotamus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2:14. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hexaprotodon liberiensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

čeština: Hrošík liberijský
dansk: Dværgflodhest
Deutsch: Zwergflusspferd
English: Pygmy Hippopotamus
español: Hipopótamo pigmeo
日本語: コビトカバ
polski: Hipopotam karłowaty
ไทย: ฮิปโปโปเตมัสแคระ
中文: 倭河馬

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