Ancient mitogenomes reveal unexpected diversity in Madagascar's extinct hippopotamuses
Madagascar's extinct hippopotamuses were a distinctive component of the island's recently lost megafauna, yet their origins, diversification history, and taxonomy have remained unresolved. Here, we recover the first ancient mitochondrial genomes from Malagasy hippopotamuses, obtaining phylogenetic data from 37 subfossil specimens across seven localities and all three named species, and integrate…
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