Choeropsis liberiensis

Choeropsis liberiensis liberiensis, captive

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hippopotamoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Ancodonta Superfamilia: Hippopotamoidea

Familia: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Choeropsis
Species: Choeropsis liberiensis
Subspecies: C. l. liberiensis

Subspecies extincta: †C. l. heslopi

Name

Choeropsis liberiensis (Morton, 1849)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1850.7.5.1, and ANSP 2332 and 2333.
• Type locality: “the river St. Pauls, a stream that rises in the mountains of Guinea, and passing through the Dey country and Liberia, empties into the Atlantic to the north of Cape Messurado”, Liberia.

Synonymy

• Hippopotamus liberiensis (protonym)
• Hippopotamus minor Morton, 1844: 15 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Hippopotamus minor Desmarest, 1822]
• Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) liberiensis Morton, 1849: 232 [nomen novum]
• Hexaprotodon liberiensis — Coryndon, 1977: 69 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Morton, S.G. 1844. On a supposed New Species of Hippopotamus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(1): 14–17. BHL Reference page. 
• Morton, S.G. 1849. Additional observations on a new living species of Hippopotamus. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second series 1(3): 231–239. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boisserie, J.-R. 2005. The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00138.x Reference page. 
• Coryndon, S.C. 1977. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B, Palaeontology, geology, physics and chemistry 80(2): 61–88. Reference page. 
• Flacke, G.L. & Decher, J. 2019. Choeropsis liberiensis (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae). Mammalian Species 51(982): 100–118. DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sez017 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Hrošík liberijský
dansk: Dværgflodhest
Deutsch: Zwergflusspferd
English: Pygmy Hippopotamus
español: Hipopótamo pigmeo
français: Hippopotame pygmée
日本語: コビトカバ
Nederlands: Dwergnijlpaard
polski: Hipopotam karłowaty
ไทย: ฮิปโปโปเตมัสแคระ
中文: 倭河馬

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