Hexaprotodon palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley, 1847

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene?

Distribution

India

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Falconer, H., and P. T. Cautley, (1847) Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.

Other references:

Joshi, R. V. et al. (1978). Fresh data on the Quaternary animal fossils and Stone Age cultures from the Central Narmada Valley, India. Asian Perspectives 21(2): 164-181.

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

Pandolfi, Luca et al. (2020). Investigating ecological and phylogenetic constraints in Hippopotamidae skull shape. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafi (Research in Paleontology and Stratigraphy) 126(1): 37-49.

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