Sicilian Hippopotamus

Sicilian Hippopotamus

Taxobox
name = "Hippopotamus pentlandi"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Pleistocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Hippopotamidae
genus = "Hippopotamus"
species = †"H. pentlandi"
binomial = †"Hippopotamus pentlandi"
binomial_authority = Von Meyer, 1832 [· Von Meyer, H., 1832. Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe. Frankfurt. 11. 560pp.]

"Hippopotamus pentlandi" is an extinct hippopotamus. It lived during the Pleistocene on Sicily. It was the smallest of the dwarf hippos known from the Mediterranean of the Pleistocene weighing in at 320 kg.

ee also

* Maltese Hippopotamus
* Cyprus Dwarf Hippopotamus
* Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hippopotamus creutzburgi — Temporal range: Pleistocene Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • Hippopotamus melitensis — Temporal range: Pleistocene Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class …   Wikipedia

  • Pygmy Hippopotamus — Taxobox name = Pygmy Hippopotamus status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Lewison, R. Oliver, W. (Hippo Specialist Subgroup)|year=2005|id=10032|title=Hexaprotodon liberiensis|downloaded=17 December 2006] image caption …   Wikipedia

  • Pygmy hippopotamus — A pygmy hippopotamus at National Zoo. Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Cyprus Dwarf Hippopotamus — Cyprus Dwarf Hippo Temporal range: Pleistocene to Holocene A composite mounted skeleton of Hippopotamus minor Conservation status Fossi …   Wikipedia

  • Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus — Taxobox name = Hippopotamus creutzburgi fossil range = Pleistocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Hippopotamidae genus = Hippopotamus species = † H. creutzburgi binomial =† Hippopotamus… …   Wikipedia

  • Maltese Hippopotamus — Taxobox name = Hippopotamus melitensis status = fossil fossil range = Pleistocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Hippopotamidae genus = Hippopotamus species = † H. melitensis binomial = †… …   Wikipedia

  • Hippopotamidae — Taxobox name = Hippopotamidae fossil range = Middle Miocene to Recent image width = 250px image caption = Hippopotamus amphibius regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Hippopotamidae familia authority …   Wikipedia

  • List of extinct animals of Europe — The list of extinct animals in Europe features the animals that have become extinct on the European continent and some in other dependent territories of European countries. While most of the animals in the recent Holocene have a human caused… …   Wikipedia

  • List of chess openings — This is a list of chess openings, organized by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code. In 1966, Chess Informant categorized the chess openings into five broad areas ( A through E ), with each of those broken down into one hundred… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”