Even-taed ungulate
(Reguidit frae Artiodactyla)
The even-taed ungulates (Artiodactyla) are ungulates (huifed ainimals) whose wicht is borne aboot equally bi the third an fowert taes, rather than maistly or entirely bi the third as in odd-taed ungulates (perissodactyls), such as horse.
Even-taed ungulates | |
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Even-taed ungulates. While cetaceans sic as whauls an dolphins are nae normal artiodactyls, thay belang tae the clade; the Artiodactyla are whiles termed the Cetartiodactyla tae reflect this.[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Epitheria |
Clade: | Boreoeutheria |
Superorder: | Laurasiatheria |
(unranked): | Ferungulata |
Clade: | Cetartiodactyla |
Order: | Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 |
Subclades | |
References
eedit- ↑ Montgelard, Claudine; Catzeflis, Francois M.; Douzery, Emmanuel (1997). "Phylogenetic relationships of artiodactyls and cetaceans as deduced from the comparison of cytochrome b and 12S rRNA mitochondrial sequences" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14 (5): 550–559. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025792. PMID 9159933.