Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836 (pygmy hippo)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae

Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1836. Notes on the fossil hippopotamus of the sivalik hills. Asiatic Researches 19:39-53

Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to M. K. Siddiq et al. 2016

See also Coryndon 1977, Falconer and Cautley 1836 and Geze 1985

Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, Hexaprotodon dulu, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon primaevus, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis

Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Indonesia (3 collections), Sri Lanka (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Nepal (1), Pakistan (1)

• Pliocene of India (3)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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