Maltese Hippopotamus
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| Hippopotamus melitensis Fossil range: Pleistocene |
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| Hippopotamus melitensis Major, 1902[1] |
Hippopotamus melitensis is an extinct hippopotamus. It lived during the Pleistocene on Malta. The absence of predators lead to the dwarfing of the hippos. The majority of findings of this species are known from the Għar Dalam, a cave on Malta famous for its Pleistocene fossil deposits.
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- ^ Major, C.I.F., 1902. Some account of a nearly complete skeleton of Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Guldb., from Sirabé, Madagascar, obtained in 1895. Geol. Mag. 1902 pp.193-199.
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