Hippopotamus lemerlei
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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ARTIODACTYLA
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Family:
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HIPPOPOTAMIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Hippopotamus lemerlei
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Species Authority:
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Grandidier, 1868
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | MADAGASCAN DWARF HIPPOPOTAMUS, MALAGASY HIPPO |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2002
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Assessor/s:
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Pig, Peccary & Hippo Specialist Group
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Evaluator/s:
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Grubb, P. & Oliver, W.L.R. (Pig, Peccary & Hippo Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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The youngest 14C date on material from H. lemerlei (collected from Itampolo) is 980 ± 200 rcyrbp (Mahé and Sourdat 1972, Dewar 1984). Nevertheless, the ubiquity of hippo remains in sites of apparently recent vintage and the widespread oral tradition of the hippo-like lalomena (Flacourt 1661) led MacPhee and Flemming (1999) to include this species, and its undated relative H. madagascariensis, in their list of recent extinctions.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Madagascar
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial; Freshwater
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