. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. 394 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES Size approximately that of a large wild boar; body shorter than in Eippopotamu><, with the line of the back much arched, and the croup sloping away behind; skin much as in typical genus. Distribution, at the present day, co-extensive with that of the genus. 50. 7. 5. 1 (1312, a). Cast of type skull. Original from St. Paul's River, Liberia. Presented hy Dr. S. G. Morton, Fig. 56.—Fore-feet of Pigmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. 394 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES Size approximately that of a large wild boar; body shorter than in Eippopotamu><, with the line of the back much arched, and the croup sloping away behind; skin much as in typical genus. Distribution, at the present day, co-extensive with that of the genus. 50. 7. 5. 1 (1312, a). Cast of type skull. Original from St. Paul's River, Liberia. Presented hy Dr. S. G. Morton, Fig. 56.—Fore-feet of Pigmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis), A, AND OUDINARY HIPPOPOTAMUS (Hippopofamus amphibius), B. From Pocock, The Field, 1913. 87. 9. 15. 1 (1312, h). Skin and skeleton, mounted. Du Queah Eiver, Liberia; collected by Dr. J. Biittikofer. Noticed by Flower, Proc. Zool. Sac. 1887, p. 612. Purchased, 1887. 8. 10. 22. 1. Skin, immature, mounted. Liberian frontier of Sierra Leone. Presented Ijj J. Roivland Ward, Esq., 1908. 14. 6. 21. 1. Skull and skin, old and large female. Moa Valley, Daru, Sierra Leone ; collected by E. M. S. Baynes, Esq. Purchased, 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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