Choeropsis
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See also: Chœropsis
Translingual
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek χοῖρος (khoîros, “a pig”) and + -opsis.
Proper noun
[edit]Choeropsis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae – the pygmy hippopotamuses, now Hexaprotodon.
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Choeropsis liberiensis, †Choeropsis madagascariensis - species
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (genus): Hippopotamus - genus of common hippopotamus, which genus formerly included the species of Choeropsis.
References
[edit]- pygmy hippopotamus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Choeropsis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hexaprotodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hexaprotodon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Hexaprotodon in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Hexaprotodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.