. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. :!04 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES Size approximately that of a large wild boar; body shorter than in Hippopotamus, 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 Eiver, Liberia. Frc^entcd hij Dr. S. G. Morton, Pig. 56.—Pobe-feet of Pigmy Hippopotamus (Charopsis Uberiensis), A, AND OBDiNABY HippopOTAMns (Hippopota
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. :!04 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES Size approximately that of a large wild boar; body shorter than in Hippopotamus, 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 Eiver, Liberia. Frc^entcd hij Dr. S. G. Morton, Pig. 56.—Pobe-feet of Pigmy Hippopotamus (Charopsis Uberiensis), A, AND OBDiNABY HippopOTAMns (Hippopotamus amphibius), B. From Pocock, The Field, 1918. 87. 9. 15. 1 (1312, h). Skin and skeleton, mounted. Du Queah Eiver, Liberia; collected by Dr. J. Biittikofer. Noticed by Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 612. Purchased, 1887. 8. 10. 22. 1. Skin, immature, mounted. Liberian frontier of Sierra Leone. Presented by J. Rowland 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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