Hippopotamus lemerlei

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: 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 lemerlei

Name[edit]

Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier in Milne-Edwards, 1868: 1165

Type locality: "un terrain marécageux à Amboulitsate, sur la côte occidentale de Madagascar".

Lectotype: MNHNIP 1414(1911-12) [desig. Stuenes, 1989: 244]

Synonyms[edit]

Hippopotamus amphibius standini Monnier & Lamberton, 1922 [syn. Stuenes, 1989: 243]
Hippopotamus leptorhynchus Grandidier & Filhol, 1894 [syn. Stuenes, 1989: 243]

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Milne-Edwards, A. 1868. Sur des decouvertes zoologiques faites recemment a Madagascar par M. Alfred Grandidier. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 67: 1165–1167. BHL Reference page.
Stuenes, S. 1989. Taxonomy, Habits, and Relationships of the Subfossil Madagascan Hippopotami Hippopotamus lemerlei and H. madagascariensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3): 241–268. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1989.10011761 JSTOR Reference page.

Links[edit]

Hippopotamus lemerlei – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
IUCN: Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier, 1868 (Extinct)

Vernacular names[edit]

Deutsch: Lemerle-Flusspferd
English: Lemerle's Pygmy Hippopotamus
español: Hippopótamo pigmeo de Lemerle
français: Hippopotame de Lemerle