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1850.7.5.1

Classification
Scientific name: Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) liberiensis Morton 1849
Author: Morton 1849
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Hippopotamus
Subgenus: Tetraprotodon
Species: liberiensis
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Hippopotamidae
Location
Locality: St. Paul's River, Monrovia /
Country: Liberia
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Liberia
Collection event
Recorded by: Dr Goheen
Collection date: 1843
Identification
Type status: SYNTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) liberiensis Morton 1849 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1850.7.5.1
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3621347
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Record
Occurrence ID: 219056f2-914e-4a90-917e-fc52cf1bf445
Modified: 2021-02-03T03:47:53+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T22:05:44+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T22:05:44+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-03T03:47:53+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb