Hippopotamus pentlandi
| Hippopotamus pentlandi Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Hippopotamidae |
| Genus: | Hippopotamus |
| Species: | †H. pentlandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippopotamus pentlandi Von Meyer, 1832[1] | |
Hippopotamus pentlandi is an extinct hippopotamus from Sicily. It arrived during the Pleistocene. It was the smallest of the dwarf hippos known from the Mediterranean of the Pleistocene, weighing in at 320 kg.
See also
References
- ↑ · Von Meyer, H., 1832. Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe. Frankfurt. 11. 560pp.
External links
- Ferrara University Museum Photo of Hippopotamus pentlandi
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