Hippopotamus madagascariensis
– 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 madagascariensis
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Species Authority:
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(Guldberg, 1883)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | MADAGASCAN PYGMY HIPPO, MALAGASY HIPPO |
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Taxonomic Notes:
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Grubb in Wilson and Reeder (1993) treats this under the name Hexaprotodon madagascariensis.
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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 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 on 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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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Flacourt, E. 1661. Histoire de la grande isle de Madagascar. Pierre L'Amy, Paris. MacPhee, R.D.E. and Flemming, C. 1999. Requiem Æternam. The last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp.333-371. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos Specialist Group. For more information, see the Hippo Specialist Sub Group website Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
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