Hexaprotodon is an extinct genus of hippopotamid known from Asia and possibly Africa and Europe. The name Hexaprotodon means "six front teeth" as some...
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Pygmy hippopotamus (redirect from Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
Coryndon proposed that the pygmy hippopotamus was closely related to Hexaprotodon, a genus that consisted of prehistoric hippos mostly native to Asia....
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Algeria; Pleistocene Genus Hexaprotodon – hexaprotodons or Asian hippopotamuses †Hexaprotodon bruneti – Ethiopia; Pliocene †Hexaprotodon coryndoni – Ethiopia;...
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2005 to encompass species of hippos that were previously grouped in Hexaprotodon. Archaeopotamus means "the ancient of the river". Of all identified hippos...
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Africa. Since the extant pygmy hippopotamus was placed in the genus Hexaprotodon, he used the name Hex. madagascariensis. Some taxonomists, however, consider...
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to have ever lived), the elephant relative Stegodon, the hippopotamus Hexaprotodon, and the equine Equus namadicus. These extinctions are thought to have...
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Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Its name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse"...
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Hippopotamus madagascariensis (redirect from Hexaprotodon madagascariensis)
Hippopotamus madagascariensis, the Madagascar or Madagascan dwarf hippopotamus, is an extinct species of hippopotamus, endemic to the island of Madagascar...
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Hong-Chun; Lin, Jih-Pai (September 2019). "The youngest occurrence of Hexaprotodon Falconer and Cautley, 1836 (Hippopotamidae, Mammalia) from South Asia...
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buffalo (Bubalus mephistopheles) Bubalus palaeokerabau Hippopotamidae Hexaprotodon (Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia) Odd-toed Ungulates Equus spp...
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