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Hippopotamidae is a
family of stout, naked-skinned, and
semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals,
possessing three-chambered
stomachs and
walking on four toes on...
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reclusive and nocturnal. It is one of only two
extant species in the
family Hippopotamidae, the
other being its much
larger relative, the
common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus...
- sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two
extant species in the
family Hippopotamidae, the
other being the
pygmy hippopotamus (C****opsis
liberiensis or Hexaprotodon...
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evidence has
overwhelmingly supported an
evolutionary relationship between Hippopotamidae and Cetacea.
Modern whippomorphs all
share a
number of
behavioural and...
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notion is that
there at
minimum two
families Anthracotheriidae and
Hippopotamidae and were
merely sister taxa.
However many
detailed research of the dentition...
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species from both
recent and
prehistoric times. It
belongs to the
family Hippopotamidae,
which also
includes the
pygmy hippopotamus (C****opsis liberiensis)...
- for
loons and
grebes which are plantigrade)
Suina (semi-digitigrade)
Hippopotamidae (semi-digitigrade) ****cetus
Indohyus Thylacine Felidae Hyenas Mongooses...
- Deer Moschidae: Musk deer Bovidae:
Cattle and
antelopes Whippomorpha Hippopotamidae:
Hippopotamuses Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenidae:
Bowhead and
right whales...
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Infraorder Ancodonta Family †Anthracotheriidae –
paraphyletic to
Hippopotamidae Family Hippopotamidae:
hippos (two species)
Infraorder Cetacea:
whales (about 90...
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group of artiodactyls, the palaeoc****ids, are the true stem
group of
Hippopotamidae.
Recent evidence,
gained from
comparative gene sequencing,
further suggests...
