Hippopotamidae

mammal family

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evolution

  • Hippos in Botswana
    In hippopotamus: Evolution

    Morphological comparisons have historically linked Hippopotamidae to pigs (family Suidae) and peccaries (family Tayassuidae). These groups diverged from other members of the order Artiodactyla about 45 million years ago, but molecular studies suggest that hippos and cetaceans (whales and dolphins) have an earlier common ancestor

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