Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combination: Hippopotamus siculus
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to J.-R. Boisserie 2005
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 sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hexaprotodon siculus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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