Choeropsis Leidy 1853 (pygmy hippo)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Parent taxon: Hippopotaminae according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010
See also Boisserie 2005, Boisserie et al. 2011, Boisserie et al. 2005, Coryndon 1977, Orliac et al. 2010 and Weston and Boisserie 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeopotamus, Chororatherium, Hexaprotodon, Hippopotamus, Phanourios, Saotherium
Subtaxa: Choeropsis liberiensis
Type: Choeropsis liberiensis
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Lamto station (Quaternary of Cote D'Ivoire)
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