Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Cladus: Cetruminantia
Subordo: Whippomorpha
Familia: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Choeropsis
Species (1): Choeropsis liberiensis
Name
Choeropsis Leidy, 1853: 213 [name conserved by Opinion 1393]
Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.
Synonyms
Choerodes Leidy, 1852: 52 [name suppressed by Opinion 1393]
Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.
Homonyms
Choeropsis Thomson, 1861, younger homonym = Trichomesia Pascoe, 1859
References
Primary references
Leidy, J. 1852. [Some remarks upon the comparative osteology and dentition of the Hippopotamus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 52. BHL
Leidy, J. 1853. On the osteology of the head of Hippopotamus, and a description of the osteological characters of a new genus of Hippopotamidae. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 207–224. BHL
ICZN 1986. Opinion 1393. Choeropsis Leidy, 1852 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(2): 142–143. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
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.
Vernacular names
Ελληνικά: Χοίροψις
日本語: コビトカバ属
македонски: Пигмејски нилски коњи
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