Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Hippopotamus laloumena
Hippopotamus laloumena: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Hippopotamus laloumena: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Hexaprotodon madagascariensis (Guldberg, 1883), Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier, 1868, and H. laloumena Faure and Guerin, 1990 were present in the Holocene on Madagascar (Stuenes, 1989), but have not been shown to have survived into the last 500 years