Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Hippopotamidae

Original position

Belluae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Hippopotaminae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758
Hippopotamus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Hippopotaminae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: E. Weston & J.-R. Boisserie, 2010: 866.

Alternative positions

Bellua (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 74. [misplaced]
Belluae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 101.
Hippopotamidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 645.
Hippopotamyidae (Family)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1059.

Historical positions

Hippopotaminae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: E. Weston & J.-R. Boisserie, 2010: 866-867, fig. 44.6A.
Hippopotamidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 645.
Hippopotaminae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 399.
Hippopotamidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 381.
Hippopotamidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 126.
Hippopotamyidae (Family)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1059.
Hippopotamidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Belluae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 101.
Belluæ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19. [new position]
Bellua (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 74. [misplaced]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;3ss; ‡3s; †4s;4ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Apr 2021	[1s;3ss; ‡2s]
2005	P. Grubb: 645	[1s;3ss; ‡2s]
1993	P. Grubb	[1s; ‡1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]