. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 388 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) amphibius, Falconer. Journ. Ac. 8ci. Philad. ser. 2, vol. i, p. 237, 1849, Pal. Mem. vol. ii, p. 405, 1868. Hippopotamus senegalensis. Falconer, Journ. Ac. Sci. Philad. ser. 2, vol. i, p. 237, 1849 ; Oray, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. p. 357, 1869: quoted—but not recognised as a species, as if from Desmoulins, Journ. Physiol, vol. v, p. 354, 1825, where, however, according to Miller (1910), no such name was given. Typical locality Kile Valley. Size
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 388 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) amphibius, Falconer. Journ. Ac. 8ci. Philad. ser. 2, vol. i, p. 237, 1849, Pal. Mem. vol. ii, p. 405, 1868. Hippopotamus senegalensis. Falconer, Journ. Ac. Sci. Philad. ser. 2, vol. i, p. 237, 1849 ; Oray, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. p. 357, 1869: quoted—but not recognised as a species, as if from Desmoulins, Journ. Physiol, vol. v, p. 354, 1825, where, however, according to Miller (1910), no such name was given. Typical locality Kile Valley. Size very large—length of head and body about 14 feet; two pairs of incisors iii each jaw, the inner pair in lower jaw. Fig. 55.—^Palatal Aspect op Skull and Lower Jaw op Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). much larger than the outer; neck very short and line of back but little arched; skin, with the exception of bristles on the muzzle and tail, nearly naked, and forming heavy folds on neck, shoulders, and sides of chest. The distributional area formerly included suitable locali-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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