Talk:Hippopotamidae

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[edit] Phanourious Genera

I changed the Phanourious minutus back to Hippopotamus minor, since minor has priority over minutus. The placing of minor in Hippopotamus makes more sence, since it is a hippo with 4 incisors (Tetraprotodont), a characteristic of Hippopotamus. I also clustered the dwarf hippos. --Basvanhuut 10:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hippo Genera

The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis JEAN-RENAUD BOISSERIE1,2*

The phylogeny and taxonomy of the whole family Hippopotamidae is in need of reconsideration, the present confusion obstructing palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography studies of these Neogene mammals. The revision of the Hippopotamidae initiated here deals with the last 8 Myr of African and Asian species. The first thorough cladistic analysis of the family is presented here. The outcome of this analysis, including 37 morphological characters coded for 15 extant and fossil taxa, as well as non-coded features of mandibular morphology, was used to reconstruct broad outlines of hippo phylogeny. Distinct lineages within the paraphyletic genus Hexaprotodon are recognized and characterized. In order to harmonize taxonomy and phylogeny, two new genera are created. The genus name Choeropsis is re-validated for the extant Liberian hippo. The nomen Hexaprotodon is restricted to the fossil lineage mostly known in Asia, but also including at least one African species. The genus Hippopotamus is confirmed. These changes represent substantial advances for understanding the evolutionary history of the Hippopotamidae, and provide a new framework for future studies. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 143, 1–26.[1]Pmaas 15:29, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Rebuilt systematics accordingly. Note that some (Pleistocene) taxa are missing from the review. Dysmorodrepanis 01:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hippo Evolution

As with any species, I'd like to see more discussion of this family. When did they split from the other artiodactylae?

There is a fairly recent paper out on this, but I do not have it at hand. Try Google Scholar and maybe leave the reference here so it can be written into the article. Dysmorodrepanis 01:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Aha! I do not think that this is it, but it might be a good start. Dysmorodrepanis 02:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Link?

Phanourios Species of hippopotamus link redirects to the Cyprus page.

The genus links are ALL wrong and need expert attention. The paper given above by Pmaas is a good start, but being no mammalogist I cannot make as much sense from it as needed to do genus pages. Dysmorodrepanis 01:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)