Overview
An extinct hippopotamus known from fossils in the Ratnapura gem pits, from a time when ice-age Sri Lanka was joined to India.
ලංකා ජලාශ්වයා இலங்கை நீர்யானை
Hexaprotodon sinhaleyus Deraniyagala
Extinct Extinct · Ice-age Sri Lanka (late Pleistocene)
An extinct hippopotamus known from fossils in the Ratnapura gem pits, from a time when ice-age Sri Lanka was joined to India.