Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Artiodactyla: family
Hippopotamidae: genus
Hippopotamus: species
Hippopotamus amphibius

Name

Synonyms: Hippopotamus incognitus Faure, 1984
Homonyms: Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Common Hippopotamus in English; Common Hippopotamus in language.; Common Hippopotamus in English; Common Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus, Large Hippo in English; Flußpferd in German; Hippopotamus in language.; hippo in English; hippopotamus in English; hippopotamus in English; hippopotamus in language.

Bibliographic References

(2011) Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.