Hippopotamus (genus)

Hippopotamus; Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent[1][2]
	The river hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Hippopotamidae
Subfamily:	Hippopotaminae
Genus:	Hippopotamus; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Hippopotamus amphibius; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Phanourios Sondaar and Boekschoten, 1972;

Hippopotamus is a genus of artiodactyl mammals consisting of one extant species, Hippopotamus amphibius, the river hippopotamus (or simply the hippopotamus), and several extinct species from both recent and prehistoric times. It belongs to the family Hippopotamidae, which also includes the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) and a number of extinct genera.

Species

The species of the genus Hippopotamus include:

Extant species

Hippopotamus amphibius, hippopotamus

Extinct species

†Hippopotamus aethiopicus
†Hippopotamus antiquus, European hippopotamus
†Hippopotamus behemoth
†Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Cretan dwarf hippopotamus
†Hippopotamus gorgops
†Hippopotamus kaisensis
†Hippopotamus melitensis, Maltese hippopotamus
†Hippopotamus minor, Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus (synonym Phanourios minor)[3]
†Hippopotamus pentlandi, Sicilian hippopotamus
†Hippopotamus sirensis
Malagasy hippopotamuses (Late Pleistocene-Holocene)
- †Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Madagascar dwarf hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus lemerlei, Lemerle's dwarf hippopotamus
- †Hippopotamus laloumena, Malagasy hippopotamus

References

"Fossilworks: Hippopotamus".
"Fossilworks: Hippopotamus amphibius".
Hooijer, Dirk Albert (1952). "Fact and Fiction in Hippopotamology (Sampling the History of Scientific Error)". Osiris. 10: 109–116. doi:10.1086/368549. JSTOR 301810. S2CID 143556059. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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[1] "Fossilworks: Hippopotamus".

[2] "Fossilworks: Hippopotamus amphibius".

[3] Hooijer, Dirk Albert (1952). "Fact and Fiction in Hippopotamology (Sampling the History of Scientific Error)". Osiris. 10: 109–116. doi:10.1086/368549. JSTOR 301810. S2CID 143556059. Retrieved 16 June 2021.