Marine Species Traits - Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley, 1838

Traits taxon details

Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley, 1838

AphiaID

1666287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1666287)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hippopotamidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Choeropsis Leidy, 1853 · unaccepted

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Species Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Morton, 1849)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1666287 on 2025-06-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Hexaprotodon Falconer & Cautley, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1666287 on 2025-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-06-14 07:54:45Z

created

Dekeyzer, Stefanie

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Rees, T. (compiler) . (2025). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD., available online at https://www.irmng.org [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hexaprotodon)
To Genbank (from synonym Choeropsis Leidy, 1853)
To Genbank
To IRMNG (from synonym Choeropsis Leidy, 1853)
To IRMNG