Hippopotamus creutzburgi
| Cretan dwarf hippopotamus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Hippopotamidae |
| Genus: | Hippopotamus |
| Species: | †H. creutzburgi
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| †Hippopotamus creutzburgi Boekschoten & Sondaar, 1966
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Hippopotamus creutzburgi, the Cretan dwarf hippopotamus, is an extinct species of
Hippopotamus amphibius.[1] The previous suggestion that the species can be divided into two subspecies is not supported by modern research.[3]
The first remains of the species were described in 1845 by Richard Owen. They were subsequently subject to a long and convoluted taxonomic history,[4] before the species name H. creutzburgi was coined by Boekschoten & Sondaar in 1966.[5]
See also
- Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus
- Hippopotamus melitensis
- Hippopotamus pentlandi
References
- ^ .
- ISBN 978-3-030-68441-9, retrieved 2023-03-20
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4443-2398-6, retrieved 2023-02-19
- ISBN 978-3-030-68441-9, retrieved 2023-02-19
- ^ Boekschoten, G.J. & Sondaar, P.Y. (1966): The Pleistocene of the Katharo basin (Crete) and its Hippopotamus. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 36: 17-44.
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