- cetaceans. They are
sometimes referred to as
hippopotamids.
There are two
living species of
hippopotamid in two genera; the
pygmy hippo, C****opsis liberiensis...
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pygmy hippopotamus or
pygmy hippo (C****opsis liberiensis) is a
small hippopotamid which is
native to the
forests and
swamps of West Africa,
primarily in...
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terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the
closest living relatives of the
hippopotamids are
cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.), from
which they diverged...
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Saotherium is an
extinct genus of
hippopotamid from the
Early Pliocene of Africa,
specifically Chad. It is
represented by a
single species, S. mingoz....
- This is a list of
individually notable hippopotamids, a
taxonomic family containing two
extant species: the
common hippopotamus and the
pygmy hippopotamus...
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contains all
living cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and the
hippopotamids. This
makes it a
crown group.
Whippomorpha is a
suborder within the...
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hippopotamus dates back only to the
Miocene (15
million years ago). The
hippopotamids are
descended from the anthracotheres, a
family of
semiaquatic and terrestrial...
- (2010). "Early
Miocene hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla)
constrain the
phylogenetic and
spatiotemporal settings of
hippopotamid origin".
Proceedings of...
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archaic whales (****cetus and Artiocetus)
formed the
sister group of the
hippopotamid-anthracotheriid clade, but this
relationship was
weakly supported. Pickford...
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Hexaprotodon is an
extinct genus of
hippopotamid known from Asia and
possibly Africa and Europe. The name
Hexaprotodon means "six
front teeth" as some...
