Hippopotamus lemerlei
A. Grandidier in H. Milne-Edwards, 1868
Lemerle's Dwarf Hippopotamus
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Ancodonta |
| Family | : Hippopotamidae |
| Genus | : Hippopotamus |
Species status
Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Milne-Edwards, H. 1868. Sur des découvertes zoologiques faits récemment à Madagascar par M. Alfred Grandidier. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 67:1165-1167.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3667283Original name as described
Hippopotamus Lemerlei
Type material
MNHN-F-MAD308a, MNHN-F-MAD308b
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad308a http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad308bType locality
Ambolisatra, Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Extinct
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