Hippopotamidae

Hippopotamidae

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Hippopotamus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Hippopotamidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – the hippopotamus and pygmy hippopotamus and similar extinct animals.

   The hippopotamus belongs to Hippopotamidae.

Usage notes

• Cladistics is challenging the validity of the traditional placement of the family, as genetic research suggests a closer relationship to cetaceans than swine.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order

Hyponyms

• (family): †Trilobophorous; Hippopotaminae - subfamilies, †Archaeopotamus, Choeropsis, †Hexaprotodon, Hippopotamus, †Saotherium - genera within Hippopotaminae; †Kenyapotaminae - subfamily, Kenyapotamus, Palaeopotamus - genera within Kenypotaminae

Coordinate terms

• (family): Suidae, Tayassuidae, †Choeropotamidae, †Entelodontidae, †Sanitheriidae - families within Suina

Translations

taxonomic family

Greek: ιπποποταμίδες f pl (ippopotamídes) Swahili: familia ya kiboko

See also

• Suina
• Hippopotamus
• Hexaprotodon