Hippopotamidae
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Taxonavigation
Familia:
Subfamiliae: Hippopotaminae – †Kenyapotaminae
Genera extincta
†Archaeopotamus –
†Hexaprotodon – †Kenyapotamus –
†Paleopotamus –
†Saotherium – †Trilobophorus
Name
Hippopotamidae Gray, 1821: 306
References
Primary references
- Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.
Additional references
- Alloing-Séguier, L., Lihoreau, F., Boisserie, J.-R., Charruault, A.-L., Orliac, M. & Tabuce, R. 2014. Enamel microstructure evolution in anthracotheres (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) and new insights on hippopotamoid phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(3): 668–695. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12143 Reference page.
- Boisserie, J.-R. 2005. The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00138.x Reference page.
- Coryndon, S.C. 1977. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Manunalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species. 1. The nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 80(2): 61–88.
Links
- Hippopotamidae in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
- Deutsch: Nilpferd
- Ελληνικά: Ιπποποταμίδες
- English: Hippopotamids
- suomi: Virtahevot
- Nordfriisk: Hipos
- français: Hippos
- magyar: Vízilófélék
- italiano: Ippopotami
- 日本語: カバ科
- 한국어: 하마과
- македонски: Нилски коњи
- Nederlands: Nijlpaarden
- norsk: Flodhester
- polski: Hipopotamowate
- português: Hipopotamídeos
- русский: Гиппопотам
- svenska: Flodhästar
- Türkçe: Su aygırıgiller
- українська: Бегемотові
- 中文: 河马科