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†Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) Falconer and Cautley 1836 (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

Parent taxon: Hippopotamus according to H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley 1836

Sister taxa: Hippopotamus aethiopicus, Hippopotamus afarensis, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus behemoth, Hippopotamus coryndonae, Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Hippopotamus gorgops, Hippopotamus kaisensis, Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus laloumena, Hippopotamus lemerlei, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Hippopotamus major, Hippopotamus meltensis, Hippopotamus minor, Hippopotamus protamphibius, Hippopotamus sirensis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Ganga Valley (Quaternary of India)

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