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Artiodactyls are
placental mammals belonging to the
order Artiodactyla (/ˌɑːrtioʊˈdæktɪlə/ AR-tee-oh-DAK-tih-lə, from
Ancient Gr**** ἄρτιος, ártios 'even'...
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evolved into two
separate lineages: the
mesonychians and the
artiodactyls. The
first artiodactyls looked like today's
chevrotains or pigs: small, short-legged...
- descendants, the
aquatic cetaceans.
Members of this
order are
called artiodactyls. The
order is
sometimes named Cetartiodactyla, in
reference to the inclusion...
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further forwards than in most
artiodactyls,
suggesting that
entelodonts had
binocular vision.
Compared to
other artiodactyls, the jaw was
slender at the...
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achieved gigantism amongst non-whippomorph
artiodactyls,
making them some of the
largest non-whippomorph
artiodactyls of the
Palaeogene as well as
amongst the...
- (chiropterans), carnivorans,
pangolins (pholidotes), even-toed
ungulates (
artiodactyls), odd-toed
ungulates (perissodactyls), and all
their extinct relatives...
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There are
currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and
around 5,937
recognized living species of mammal.
Mammalian taxonomy is in
constant flux...
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Ruminants are
herbivorous grazing or
browsing artiodactyls belonging to the
suborder Ruminantia that are able to
acquire nutrients from plant-based food...
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relatives are the hippos,
which are
artiodactyls, from
which cetaceans descended;
cetaceans are thus also
artiodactyls. The
hunting of
baleen whales in the...
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plant foods, but the
third chamber is
poorly developed.
Unlike other artiodactyls, they lack an
carotid rete, and so
cannot heat
exchange cool
blood entering...
