The taxonomic status of the Pygmy hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis, from the Niger Delta
Abstract
The isolated and possibly extinct population of the pygmy hippopotamus in the Niger Delta is described as a new subspecies and named Choeropsis liberiensis heslopi subsp. n. Eight cranial and dental characters enable the four available skulls of this subspecies to be clearly distinguished from all available skulls of C. l. liberiensis (Morton). The range of this species is shown to be very unusual amongst the vertebrates of the West African forest.
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The Lower Guinean species, C. heslopi, was formerly reported in southeastern Nigeria, from the Owerri and Warri provinces of the Niger River Delta eastward from the Cross River.
“The Lower Guinean species, C. heslopi, was formerly reported in southeastern Nigeria, from the Owerri and Warri provinces of the Niger River Delta eastward from the Cross River (Ritchie 1930;Heslop 1945;Corbet 1969).”
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- Authors
- Corbet, G. B.
- Affiliations
- British Museum (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Corbet, G. B.
- Venue
- Journal of Zoology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1969-07
- Volume
- 158
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 387-394
- ISSN
- 0952-8369 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7998
- OpenAlex
- W2107304781
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Zoology (publishedVersion)
- RCIN (Digital Repository of the Scientifics Institutes) (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Urology › Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- pygmy hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis, new subspecies, taxonomic status, skull morphology, dental morphology, Niger Delta, West African forests, geographic range, extinction
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