For the common hippopotamid species, see Hippopotamus
Hippopotamidae
Temporal range: 7.4–0 Ma
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Late Miocene-Recent
Common hippopotamus
Pygmy hippopotamus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Whippomorpha
Superfamily:
Hippopotamoidea
Family:
Hippopotamidae Gray, 1821
Subtaxa
†Trilobophorus Geze, 1985
Hippopotaminae Gray, 1821
†Archaeopotamus
Choeropsis
†Hexaprotodon
Hippopotamus
†Saotherium
†Kenyapotaminae Pickford, 1983
Kenyapotamus
Palaeopotamus
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot. While they resemble pigs physiologically, their closest living relatives are the cetaceans. They are sometimes referred to as hippopotamids.
There are two living species of hippopotamid in two genera; the pygmy hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis of the forests of west Africa, and the common hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius. The term hippopotamus can also be applied to hippopotamids in general, although it is most frequently used for the common hippo and its respective genus.
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on...
sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon...
reclusive and nocturnal. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being its much larger relative, the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus...
evidence has overwhelmingly supported an evolutionary relationship between Hippopotamidae and Cetacea. Modern Whippomorphs all share a number of behavioural and...
notion is that there at minimum two families Anthracotheriidae and Hippopotamidae and were merely sister taxa. However many detailed research of the dentition...
for loons and grebes which are plantigrade) Suina (semi-digitigrade) Hippopotamidae (semi-digitigrade) Pakicetus Indohyus Thylacine Felidae Hyenas Mongooses...
University of Michigan. ISBN 978-0380794652. Harris, J.M. (1991). "Family Hippopotamidae". Koobi Fora Research Project. Vol. 3. The Fossil Ungulates: Geology...
group of artiodactyls, the palaeochoerids, are the true stem group of Hippopotamidae. Recent evidence, gained from comparative gene sequencing, further suggests...
Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Platanistidae, Pontoporiidae, Ziphiidae, and Hippopotamidae, and includes the aquatic whales and dolphins as well as hippopotamuses...
Archaeopotamus is an extinct genus of Hippopotamidae that lived between 7.5 and 2.58 million years ago in Africa and the Middle East. The genus was described...
ISBN 9788185880198 Boisserie, Jean-Renaud (2005). "The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic...
horses, tapirs and rhinoceroses), the Suina (pigs and peccaries), the Hippopotamidae, and the Hyracoidea (hyraxes). Cuvier himself defined Pachydermata as...
(November 2019). "Multiproxy dietary trait reconstruction in Pleistocene Hippopotamidae from the Mediterranean islands". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology...
relationship was weakly supported. Pickford, Martin (1983). "On the origins of Hippopotamidae together with descriptions of two new species, a new genus and a new...
(November 2019). "Multiproxy dietary trait reconstruction in Pleistocene Hippopotamidae from the Mediterranean islands". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology...
The Shungura Formation is a stratigraphic formation located in the Omo river basin in Ethiopia. It dates to the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene. Oldowan...
Fossilworks. Boisserie, J-R. (2005). "The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic...
June 2015. Gatesy, J. (1 May 1997). "More DNA support for a Cetacea/Hippopotamidae clade: the blood-clotting protein gene gamma-fibrinogen". Molecular...
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