Hippopotamus antiquus
Hippopotamus antiquus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-Middle Pleistocene | |
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Hippopotamus antiquus in Florence Palaeontology museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Hippopotamidae |
Genus: | Hippopotamus |
Species: | †H. antiquus |
Binomial name | |
†Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822 | |
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Hippopotamus antiquus is an extinct species of Hippopotamus that ranged across Europe during the Early and Middle Pleistocene.
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