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Hippopotamus
Linnaeus, 1758
- hippopotamus
(mammal)
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Entity:
Hippopotaminae (Subfamily)
..†Archaeopotamus (Genus)
..Choeropsis (Genus) - pygmy hippopotamus
..†Hexaprotodon (Genus)
..†Phanourios (Genus)
..†Saotherium (Genus)
..Hippopotamus (Genus) - hippopotamus
....†Hippopotamus aethiopicus (Species)
....†Hippopotamus afarensis (Species)
....Hippopotamus amphibius (Species) - hippopotamus
....†Hippopotamus coryndonae (Species)
....†Hippopotamus creutzburgi (Species)
....†Hippopotamus dulu (Species)
....†Hippopotamus gorgops (Species)
....†Hippopotamus kaisensis (Species)
....†Hippopotamus karumensis (Species)
....‡Hippopotamus laloumena (Species)
....‡Hippopotamus lemerlei (Species)
....‡Hippopotamus madagascariensis (Species)
....†Hippopotamus protamphibius (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 74.
Types
Type of
:
Hippopotaminae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
E. Weston & J.-R. Boisserie, 2010
: 866.
[inferred]
Type
:
Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
E. Weston & J.-R. Boisserie, 2010
: 866.
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Hippopotamus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
†
Phanourios
(Genus)
Boekschoten & Sondaar, 1972
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
†
Trilobophorus
(Genus)
Gèze, 1985
Ref:
E. Weston & J.-R. Boisserie, 2010
: 870.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
hippopotamus
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28 Aug 2026