Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus
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The Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus is an extinct species of dwarf hippopotamus that inhabited the island of Cyprus from the Middle Pleistocene until the early Holocene. One of the smallest known hippopota
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Skull and jaw of a Cypriot dwarf hippo
Hippopotamus (genus)
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Hippopotamus, meaning "river horse" in Ancient Greek, is a genus of artiodactyl mammals consisting of one extant species, Hippopotamus amphibius, the river hippopotamus, and several extinct species fr
Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus
…its bones. However this placement has been questioned due to the fact that it is widely agreed that the species descends from a species of the genus Hippopotamus, and other authors have continued to use the combination Hippopotamus minor. A partial mitochondrial genome obtained from H. minor suggests that its…
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