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Pygmy Hippopotamus
Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Morton, 1849)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Hippopotamidae

Scientific synonyms

Choeropsis liberiensis (Morton, 1849)
Coeropis liberiensis
Choreopsis liberiensis (misspelling) m

IUCN category:Endangered

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Hexaprotodon liberiensis heslopi (Corbet, 1969)
subspecies Hexaprotodon liberiensis liberiensis (Morton, 1849)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [10032] [as Choeropsis liberiensis (Morton, 1849)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Hexaprotodon liberiensis Morton, 1849]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Morton, 1849]

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Explanations

m misspelling

species extinct in area described by check-list

extinct taxon