Hippopotamus antiquus

Summary

Hippopotamus antiquus is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hippopotamus antiquus's image is recorded as Museo di paleologia, scheletro di hippopotamus antiquus, recuperato presso figline valdarno.JPG^[3].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's image is recorded as HippopotamusTiberinus.JPG^[4].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's image is recorded as Hippopotamus antiquus.JPG^[5].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[6].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's taxon rank is recorded as species^[7].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's parent taxon is recorded as Hippopotamus^[8].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's taxon name is recorded as Hippopotamus antiquus^[9].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's Commons category is recorded as Hippopotamus antiquus^[10].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q9t_w^[11].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4445948^[12].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 83621^[13].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4971579^[14].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. antiquus'}^[15].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's time period is recorded as Pleistocene^[16].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's TAXREF ID is recorded as 458819^[17].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779104142^[18].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 3612016^[19].
• Hippopotamus antiquus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 83621^[20].

Why It Matters

Hippopotamus antiquus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]