. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia ... in the ... Museum. 2. ciicERorsis. 357 Hippopotamus capensis, Dcsm. Journ. P/ii/s. v. p. 3-'54; Diet. Class. H. N. viii. p. 22:J. Hippopotamus senegsXensis, Destn. Journ. Phys. v. p. 354; Diet. Class. H. N. viii. 222. Hippopotamus abyssinicus, Lesson, 3Iamm. Hippopotamus tj-picus et Hippopotamus australis, Duvernoy, L^In- stitiit, 1846, p. 333. Hab. North, South, West, and Central Africa. I have not been able to discover any difference between the skulls received from South, North, or Central Africa. There is a foetus in spir
. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia ... in the ... Museum. 2. ciicERorsis. 357 Hippopotamus capensis, Dcsm. Journ. P/ii/s. v. p. 3-'54; Diet. Class. H. N. viii. p. 22:J. Hippopotamus senegsXensis, Destn. Journ. Phys. v. p. 354; Diet. Class. H. N. viii. 222. Hippopotamus abyssinicus, Lesson, 3Iamm. Hippopotamus tj-picus et Hippopotamus australis, Duvernoy, L^In- stitiit, 1846, p. 333. Hab. North, South, West, and Central Africa. I have not been able to discover any difference between the skulls received from South, North, or Central Africa. There is a foetus in spirits in the Uritish Museum.—Gi-ai/, P. Z. ti. 1868, p. 491, f. 2. Fig. I"\etus of Hippopotamufs of the natural size. Cuttiug-tecth four in each jaw. >'/tc^<X<- ir^^^^ Z^^-*-^ / ^S^w Chreropsis, Lcidy, .Town. Acad. N. S. Philad. ii. 3. p. 207, 18")3. ? Diproctodon, I)iive)-noy, 1849. Tetraproctodon, sp., Falconer, Pal. Mem. ii. p. 405. Chceropsis liberiensis. Hippopotamus minor, Morton, Journ. Aead. N. S. Philud. 1844, p. 14 \ Ann. Sc May. N. II. 1844, xiv. p. 75. Hippopotamus liberiensis, 3Iorton, Trans. Acad. JV. S. Phiiad. 1849; Fror. Tayxber. 1850, p. 73; Davernoy, Instifut, xvii. 1849, p. 299. Chceropsis liberiensis, Lcidi/, Journ. Acad. N. S. Philud. 1853, p. 207, t. 21. Hippopotamus (Tetraproctodon) liberianus, Cwvn/Y/, C« > . ^P--^^^- ... Tetraproctodon liberiensis, Falconer, Pal. Mem. ii. p. 405. Hippopotamede Liberie, &,- Alpl. ]\: Pecherches des Manvniferes, 18l>8, t. 1. f. 2, 3 (animal and skeleton). Hah. West Africa ; Liberia (il/o/'?o«). Cast of skull in British Museum, presented by G. S. Morton, J^ 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. Department of Zoology. [Mammals]; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875
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