Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Hippopotamidae Scientific name Hippopotamus melitensis | Phylum Chordata Order Artiodactyla Genus Hippopotamus Rank Species | |
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Similar Hippopotamus pentlandi, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus, Choeropsis madagascariensis | ||
Hippopotamus melitensis is an extinct hippopotamus from Malta. It arrived after the Messinian salinity crisis and lived during the Pleistocene. The absence of predators led to the dwarfing of the hippos. The majority of findings of this species are from Għar Dalam, a cave on Malta famous for its Pleistocene fossil deposits.
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