Hippopotamus behemoth Faure 1986 (hippo)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae

Full reference: M. Faure. 1986. Les Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du gisement pleistocene ancien d'Oubeidiyeh. Memoirs et Travaux du Centre de Recherche Francais de Jerusalam 5:107-142

Belongs to Hippopotamus according to M. Faure 1986

Sister taxa: Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon), Hippopotamus aethiopicus, Hippopotamus afarensis, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus coryndonae, Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Hippopotamus gorgops, Hippopotamus kaisensis, Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus laloumena, Hippopotamus lemerlei, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Hippopotamus major, Hippopotamus meltensis, Hippopotamus minor, Hippopotamus protamphibius, Hippopotamus sirensis

Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Israel (3 collections), Syria (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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