Hippopotamus pentlandi
| Hippopotamus pentlandi Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Jaw | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Hippopotamidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippopotaminae |
| Genus: | Hippopotamus |
| Species: | H. pentlandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippopotamus pentlandi Von Meyer, 1832[1] | |
Hippopotamus pentlandi is an extinct hippopotamus from Sicily. It arrived during the Pleistocene.[2] It is the smallest of the insular dwarf hippos known from the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean, weighing in at 320 kg.
See also
References
- ↑ · Von Meyer, H., 1832. Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe. Frankfurt. 11. 560pp.
- ↑ Alexandra van der Geer; George Lyras; John de Vos; Michael Dermitzakis (14 February 2011). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. John Wiley & Sons. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4443-9128-2.
External links
- Ferrara University Museum Photo of Hippopotamus pentlandi
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