Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on...
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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...
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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...
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evidence has overwhelmingly supported an evolutionary relationship between Hippopotamidae and Cetacea. Modern whippomorphs all share a number of behavioural and...
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Infraorder Ancodonta Family †Anthracotheriidae – paraphyletic to Hippopotamidae Family Hippopotamidae: hippos (two species) Infraorder Cetacea: whales (about 90...
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species from both recent and prehistoric times. It belongs to the family Hippopotamidae, which also includes the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)...
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notion is that there at minimum two families Anthracotheriidae and Hippopotamidae and were merely sister taxa. However many detailed research of the dentition...
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for loons and grebes which are plantigrade) Suina (semi-digitigrade) Hippopotamidae (semi-digitigrade) Pakicetus Indohyus Thylacine Felidae Hyenas Mongooses...
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Deer Moschidae: Musk deer Bovidae: Cattle and antelopes Whippomorpha Hippopotamidae: Hippopotamuses Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenidae: Bowhead and right whales...
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group of artiodactyls, the palaeochoerids, are the true stem group of Hippopotamidae. Recent evidence, gained from comparative gene sequencing, further suggests...
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ISBN 9788185880198 Boisserie, Jean-Renaud (2005). "The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic...
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horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses), the Suina (pigs and peccaries), the Hippopotamidae, Hyracoidea (hyraxes) and Sirenians (Manatee and dugong). The term is...
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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...
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University of Michigan. ISBN 978-0380794652. Harris, J.M. (1991). "Family Hippopotamidae". Koobi Fora Research Project. Vol. 3. The Fossil Ungulates: Geology...
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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...
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(November 2019). "Multiproxy dietary trait reconstruction in Pleistocene Hippopotamidae from the Mediterranean islands". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology...
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List of artiodactyls (section Family Hippopotamidae)
Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Platanistidae, Pontoporiidae, Ziphiidae, and Hippopotamidae, and includes the aquatic whales and dolphins as well as hippopotamuses...
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antelope, sheep, etc. (Africa, Holarctic) Suborder Whippomorpha Family Hippopotamidae: (2 species) hippos (Africa) Infraorder Cetacea Parvorder Mysticeti...
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Fossilworks. Boisserie, J-R. (2005). "The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic...
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(2020-01-09). "Investigating Ecological and Phylogenetic Constraints in Hippopotamidae Skull Shape". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia: V. 126...
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Jean-Renaud; Lihoreau, Fabrice; Brunet, Michel (2005). "The position of Hippopotamidae within Cetartiodactyla". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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Shungura Formation (section Hippopotamidae)
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...
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