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artiodactyl::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate |
| Type of | ungulate, hoofed mammal |
| Has types | hippopotamus amphibius, llama, musk hog, river horse, ruminant, swine, vicugna vicugna, vicuna, peccary, camel, hippo, hippopotamus |
artiodactyl::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | artiodactylous, even-toed |
Examples of artiodactyl
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Can they tell the difference between an artiodactyl and a perissodactyl?
From the newscientist.com
There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Indohyus is clearly not in the artiodactyl group.
From the scienceblogs.com
But paleontologists, who piece together evolutionary stories from fossils, found the artiodactyl explanation hard to accept.
From the sciencedaily.com
Both cetaceans and artiodactyl are now classified under the super-order Cetartiodactyla which includes both whales and hippos.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Both cetaceans and artiodactyl are now classified under the super-order Cetartiodactyla which includes both whales and hippopotamuses.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Finally last October, on their first morning at a new field site in Pakistan, Gingerich's team found a whale ankle bone that would answer the artiodactyl question.
From the sciencedaily.com
About 60 years ago, researchers first suggested that cetaceans were related to plant-eating ungulates, specifically to even-toed, artiodactyl mammals like sheep, antelope and pigs.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Even-toed ungulate: placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
- Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
- The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) are ungulates (hoofed animals) whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls), e.g. horses.
- Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals
- The group of mammals that includes even-toed hoofed animals, such as camels, cattle, pigs, deer, giraffes, and hippopotamuses.
