Hexaprotodon aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975 (pygmy hippo)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae

Full reference: S. C. Coryndon and Y. Coppens. 1975. Une espece nouvelle d'Hippopotame nain du Plio-Pldistocene du bassin du lac Rodolphe (Ethiopie, Kenya). . Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 280:1777-1780

Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to S. C. Coryndon and Y. Coppens 1975

Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, 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:

• Quaternary of Kenya (14 collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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