Hippopotamus melitensis
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hippopotamus-melitensis-300-15772551
title:
Hippopotamus melitensis
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Hippopotamus melitensis is an extinct hippopotamus from Malta. It lived during Middle-Late Pleistocene. It probably descended from Hippopotamus pentlandi from Sicily, which in turn probably descended from the common hippopotamus. Like Hippopotamus pentlandi, Hippopotamus melitensis is substantially smaller in size than H. amphibius as a result of insular dwarfism, having an estimated mass of approximately 900 kg, which is smaller than the 1100 kg estimated for H. pentlandi. The diet of H. melite
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Extinct species of mammal
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus_melitensis
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2024-02-02T19:02:27Z
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