Hippopotamidae

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Noun1.Hippopotamidae - hippopotami
family Hippopotamidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes
genus Hippopotamus - type genus of the Hippopotamidae
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Actualmente existen dos especies de la familia Hippopotamidae: el pequeno y raro hipopotamo pigmeo (Choeropsis liberiensis) y el hipopotamo comun (Hippopotamus amphibius) abundante y de mayor tamano (1,2).
Estado actual de los hipopotamos (Hippopotamus amphibius) en Colombia: 2018
The species represents the sole member of Hippopotamidae in the Siwaliks of Pakistan.
Hexaprotodon (Mammalia: Hippopotamidae) from the Pinjor Formation of Bhimber, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Evaluation of epididymal spermatic quality of hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae) located in the Colombian Middle Magdalena
Evaluacion de la calidad espermatica epididimal en hipopotamos Hippopotamus amphibius (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae) ubicados en el Magdalena Medio, Colombia
Numerosa evidencia molecular (e.g., Waddell et al., 1999; Murphy et al., 2001) confirman la cercania de los Hippopotamidae con los Cetacea, incluso respaldada por datos morfologicos (Boisserie et al., 2005); sin embargo, la relacion con los otros subordenes de artiodactilos (Ruminantia, Suiformes, Tylopoda) no ha sido completamente esclarecida y sigue sujeta a una mas precisa resolucion taxonomica.
Riqueza, endemismo y conservacion de los mamiferos de Colombia
CO CM CARNIVORA Canidae Canis lupus familiaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Perro domestico CI CO Felidae Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Gato domestico CI CO PERISSODACTYLA Equidae Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758 Asno, burro CM Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 Caballo, yegua CI CM CETARTIODACTYLA Bovidae Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Vaca, toro CI CM CO Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Bufalo de agua CM CO Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 Cabra CI CM CO Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 Oveja CM CO Camelidae Lamaglamaglama (Linnaeus, 1758) Llama CM CO Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 Hipopotamo CO SA Suidae Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Cerdo CI CM CO
Historia de las especies de mamiferos exoticos en Colombia
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