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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus, 1758
- hippopotamus
(mammal)
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Hippopotamus (Genus) - hippopotamus
..†Hippopotamus aethiopicus (Species)
..†Hippopotamus afarensis (Species)
..†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)
..Hippopotamus amphibius (Species) - hippopotamus
....Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius (Subspecies)
....†Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus (Subspecies)
....Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Subspecies)
....Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 74.
Types
Type of
:
Hippopotamus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
E. Weston & J.-R. Boisserie, 2010
: 866.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
J.A. van Essen, 2011
: 155.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Hippopotamus incognitus
Faure, 1984
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
nijlpaard
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
hippopotamus
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