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Hippopotamus melitensis, also known as the Maltese Hippopotamus, is an extinct hippopotamus from Malta. It arrived after the Messinian salinity crisis and lived during the Pleistocene. The absence of predators, and limited food supplies led to the dwarfing of the hippos. The majority of findings of this species are from Għar Dalam, a cave on Malta famous for its Pleistocene fossil deposits.

Hippopotamus melitensis

Temporal range: Pleistocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Hippopotamidae
Genus: Hippopotamus
Species: H. melitensis
Conservation Status
Extinct Status
Binomial name
Hippopotamus melitensis

Major, 1902

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