Hippopotamus lemerlei

A. Grandidier in H. Milne-Edwards, 1868

Lemerle's Dwarf Hippopotamus

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ancodonta
Family: Hippopotamidae
Subfamily: Hippopotaminae
Genus: Hippopotamus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, H. 1868. Sur des découvertes zoologiques faits récemment à Madagascar par M. Alfred Grandidier. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 67:1165-1167.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3667283

Original name as described

Hippopotamus Lemerlei

Type material

MNHN-F-MAD308a, MNHN-F-MAD308b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad308a http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad308b

Type locality

Ambolisatra, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006391

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Hippopotamus Lemerlei

A. Grandidier in H. Milne-Edwards, 1868

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

lemerlei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-F-MAD308a, MNHN-F-MAD308b

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

un terrain marÈcageux ‡ Amboulitsate, sur la cote occidentale de Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad308a http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad308b

Authority page

1165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3667283

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Milne-Edwards (1868:1165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3667283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67290)
Grandidier (1868:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67293)
Grubb (1993:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40782/90128915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hippopotamus leptorhynchus

A. Grandidier & Filhol, 1894

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

leptorhynchus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Ambolisatra

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35833732

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Hippopotamus Standini

Monnier & Lamberton, 1922

Family

Hippopotamidae

Root name

standini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

provonantde la cote Est, et mis a jour par les travaux de percement du pangalanade Fompona a 2 1/2 kilometres au Sud de Mananjury, à 1 m, 20 de profondenr.

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14344419

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie malgache

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