Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Artiodactyla

family

Hippopotamidae

genus

Hexaprotodon

species

Hexaprotodon liberiensis

Name

Homonyms

Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849

Bibliographic References

1. Flower, W. H. (1887). On the Pygmy Hippopotamus of Liberia, <i>Hippopotamus liberiensis</i> (Morton), and its claims to distinct Generic Rank. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 55(4): 612-614. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1887.tb08152.x
2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1393 Choeropsis Leidy, 1852 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43, 142-143 (1986)
3. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 885.