- Hexaprotodon
Taxobox
name = "Hexaprotodon"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Artiodactyla
familia =Hippopotamidae
genus = "Hexaprotodon"
genus_authority = Falconer and Cautley, 1836
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = "Hexaprotodon liberiensis " (disputed)
various extinct speciesHexaprotodon is a genus of
Hippopotamidae that is sometimes applied to thepygmy hippopotamus . Pygmy hippos may be classified as either "Choeropsis liberiensis" or "Hexaprotodon liberiensis".The genus Hexaprotodon also includes several species of rarely-studied extinct hippos from Asia, sometimes labeled "Asian Hippopotami."
*"Hexaprotodon bruneti" -
Afar Hexaprotodon (fossil ) Boisserie and White, 2004
*"Hexaprotodon crusafonti" (fossil ) Aguire, 1963
*"Hexaprotodon hipponensis" (fossil ) (Gaudry, 1867)
*"Hexaprotodon imagunculus" (fossil ) (Hopwood, 1926)
*"Hexaprotodon iravticus" (fossil ) Falconer and Cautley, 1847
*"Hexaprotodon karumensis" (fossil ) Coryndon, 1977
*"Hexaprotodon mingoz" (fossil ) Boisserie et al., 2003
*"Hexaprotodon namadicus" -Lesser Indian Hippopotamus (fossil ) Falconer and Cautley, 1847 - possibly same as "H. palaeindicus"´
*"Hexaprotodon palaeindicus" -Indian Hippopotamus (fossil ) Falconer and Cautley, 1847
*"Hexaprotodon pantanellii" (fossil ) (Joleaud, 1920)
*"Hexaprotodon primaevus" (fossil ) Crusafont et al., 1964
*"Hexaprotodon protamphibius" (fossil ) (Arambourg, 1944)
*"Hexaprotodon siculus" (fossil ) (Hooijer, 1946)
*"Hexaprotodon sivalensis" -Sivalik Hippopotamus (fossil ) Falconer and Cautley, 1836
*"Hexaprotodon" sp. -Myanmar Hippopotamus (fossil )
* and someIndonesia n species from thePleistocene The name Hexaprotodon means "six front teeth" as some of the fossil forms indeed have three pairs of
incisors .
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