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Sicilian Hippopotamus



 
 
Hippopotamus pentlandi is an extinct hippopotamus
Hippopotamidae

Hippopotamuses are the members of the family Hippopotamidae. They are the only extant Artiodactyla which walk on four toes on each foot....
. It lived during the Pleistocene
Pleistocene

The Pleistocene is the epoch from 1.8 million to 10,000 years Before Present covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
 on Sicily
Sicily

Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
. It was the smallest of the dwarf hippos known from the Mediterranean of the Pleistocene weighing in at 320 kg.








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Hippopotamus pentlandi is an extinct hippopotamus
Hippopotamidae

Hippopotamuses are the members of the family Hippopotamidae. They are the only extant Artiodactyla which walk on four toes on each foot....
. It lived during the Pleistocene
Pleistocene

The Pleistocene is the epoch from 1.8 million to 10,000 years Before Present covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
 on Sicily
Sicily

Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
. It was the smallest of the dwarf hippos known from the Mediterranean of the Pleistocene weighing in at 320 kg.

See also

  • Maltese Hippopotamus
    Maltese Hippopotamus

    Hippopotamus melitensis is an extinct Hippopotamidae. It lived during the Pleistocene on Malta. The absence of predators led to the Insular_dwarfism of the hippos....
  • Cyprus Dwarf Hippopotamus
    Cyprus Dwarf Hippopotamus

    The Cyprus Dwarf Hippopotamus or Cypriot Pygmy Hippopotamus is an extinct species of hippo that inhabited the island of Cyprus until the early Holocene....
  • Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus
    Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus

    The Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus or Hippopotamus creutzburgi is an extinct Hippopotamidae. It lived during the Pleistocene on Crete.Two subspecies have been named: Hippopotamus creutzburgi creutzburgi and Hippopotamus creutzburgi parvus....