order Artiodactyla

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order Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes

Artiodactyla

animal order - the order of animals

Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

family Suidae, Suidae - pigs; hogs; boars

family Tayassuidae, Tayassuidae - peccaries

family Hippopotamidae, Hippopotamidae - hippopotami

Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels

Camelidae, family Camelidae - camels and llamas and vicunas

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Antilocapridae is a family within the order Artiodactyla which is currently represented by only one species of pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, distributed from southern Canada to northern Mexico (O'Gara, 1978).

Preliminary data on the diet and habitat preferences of Capromeryx Mexicana (Mammalia: antilocapridae) from the late Pleistocene of Cedral, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

5%) Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) 2 Gray wolf (Canis lupus) * 15 Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) * 145 Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) 5 Brown bear (Ursus arctos) * 8 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) * 32 Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) * 1 Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) * 9 Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) * 13 Wolverine (Guio guio) * 16 Ermine (Mustela erminea) * 20 Least weasel (Mustela nivalis) * 1 American mink (Neovison vison) 1 Order Artiodactyla (11.

The Canadian Arctic expedition 1913-18 and early advances in Arctic vertebrate zoology

97 EARLY EVOLUTION, DIVERSIFICATION, AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUBORDERS CONSTITUTING THE MAMMALIAN ORDER ARTIODACTYLA

Early evolution, diversification, and geographic distribution of the suborders constituting the mammalian order artiodactyla

The fact that it has four hooves places it in the order Artiodactyla.

Genetic characterization of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica) in Cerete-Colombia, using microsatellite markers/Caracterizacion genetica del cerdo domestico (Sus scrofa domestica) en Cerete--Colombia, usando marcadores microsatelites

Phylogenetic analysis of VP1, VP2, NSP2, and NSP3 demonstrated that V585 clustered with genes of rotaviruses identified in the mammalian order Artiodactyla (bovine, ovine, and camelid) and human strains derived from zoonotic infections (Figure 2, Appendix, panels A, B, F, G, wwwnc.

Novel G10P[14] rotavirus strain, northern territory, Australia

Between the 19 species of mammals bred, 47% belong to the order Artiodactyla and 26% belong to the order Primates--especially the family Callithrichidae, bred exclusively by the commercial breeders for sale as pets.

Breeding and trade of wildlife in Santa Catarina state, Brazil/Criacao e comercializacao de animais silvestres no estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil

Cervids are a group of animals that belong to the order Artiodactyla and the family Cervidae is distributed worldwide in a variety of biomes, although they are becoming rare in several areas of natural occurrence (MARQUES et al.

Topographic anatomy of the spinal cord and vertebromedullary relationships in Mazama gouazoubira Fisher, 1814 (Artiodactyla; Cervidae)/Anatomia topografica da medula espinal e relacoes vertebromedulares em Mazama gouazoubira Fisher, 1814 (Artiodactyla; Cervidae)

ALL MOOSE OF North America and Europe belong to the scientific order Artiodactyla, which designates even-toed mammals, and the family Cervidae, which includes all deer.

Alaska-Yukon moose: (Alces alces gigas)

No documentation of grain overload in moose was found, though moose might be especially vulnerable to this condition as their mean retention time for digestion is the longest documented for cervids, and is surpassed by only 1 member of the order Artiodactyla, the Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis; Stevens 1998).

Grain overload and secondary effects as potential mortality factors of moose in North Dakota