Choeropsis
See also: Chœropsis
Translingual edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek χοῖρος (khoîros, “a pig”) and + -opsis.
Proper noun edit
Choeropsis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae – the pygmy hippopotamuses, now Hexaprotodon.
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Choeropsis liberiensis, †Choeropsis madagascariensis - species
Coordinate terms edit
- (genus): Hippopotamus - genus of common hippopotamus, which genus formerly included the species of Choeropsis.
References edit
- pygmy hippopotamus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Choeropsis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hexaprotodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hexaprotodon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Hexaprotodon in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Hexaprotodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.