Hippopotamus laloumena
Hippopotamus laloumena is an extinct species of Malagasy hippopotamus. H. laloumena was much larger than other Malagasy hippos, but was still somewhat smaller than the modern hippo.[1] However, little is known about the species because it was identified with only a lower jaw and limb bones. It was described in 1990 by French palaeontologists M. Faure and Guerin, the fossils recovered from a site near Mananjary on the east coast of Madagascar. The species name derives from Malagasy laloumena "hippopotamus".[2]
| Hippopotamus laloumena Temporal range: Holocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Hippopotamidae |
| Genus: | Hippopotamus |
| Species: | H. laloumena |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippopotamus laloumena Faure and Guerin, 1990 | |
References
- Eltringham, S.K. (1999). The Hippos. Poyser Natural History Series. London: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-85661-131-5.
- Faure, M. & Guerin, C. (1990). "Hippopotamus laloumena nov. sp., la troisième éspece d'hippopotame holocene de Madagascar". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II. 310: 1299–305.
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