Hippopotamidae Gray 1821

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 644

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scientific name	Hippopotamidae Gray 1821
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Treatment

Hippopotamidae Gray 1821 , London Med. Repos., 15: 306.

Synonyms: Choeropsinae Gill 1872 .

Genera: 2 genera with 2 species:

Genus Hexaprotodon Falconer and Cautley 1836 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Discussion: Hexaprotodon † madagascariensis (Guldberg, 1883), Hippopotamus † lemerlei Grandidier, 1868, and H. † laloumena Faure and Guerin, 1990 were present in the Holocene on Madagascar ( Stuenes, 1989), but have not been shown to have survived into the last 500 years.