Hexaprotodon dissimilis Falconer and Cautley 1836 (pygmy hippo)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae

Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1836. Notes on the fossil hippopotamus of the sivalik hills. Asiatic Researches 19:39-53

Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley 1836

Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dulu, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon primaevus, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis

Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hexaprotodon dissimilis in the database

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