Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combinations: Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) minor, Phanourios minor
Belongs to Hippopotamus according to S. C. Coryndon 1977
See also Desmarest 1822 and Falconer and Cautley 1836
Sister taxa: Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon), 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 protamphibius, Hippopotamus sirensis
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Island fossil ungulates (Quaternary of Cyprus)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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