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Hexaprotodon




  Name ''Hexaprotodon''
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Ordo Artiodactyla
  Familia Hippopotamidae
  Genus '''''Hexaprotodon'''''
  Subdivision Ranks Species


Hexaprotodon is a genus of Hippopotamidae that is sometimes applied to the Pygmy Hippopotamus . Pygmy hippos may be classified as either ''Choeropsis liberiensis'' or ''Hexaprotodon liberiensis''.

The genus hexaprotodon also includes several species of rarely-studied extinct hippos from Asia, sometimes labeled "Asian Hippopotami."


The name Hexaprotodon means "six front teeth" as some of the fossil forms indeed have three pairs of Incisors .