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Camel - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelWebA camel (from: Latin: camelus and Greek: κάμηλος (kamēlos) from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל gāmāl.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt from hair).Camels …
Antilocapridae - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntilocapridaeWebThe Antilocapridae are a family of artiodactyls endemic to North America.Their closest extant relatives are the giraffids with which they comprise the superfamily Giraffoidea.Only one species, the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), is living today; all other members of the family are extinct.The living pronghorn is a small ruminant mammal resembling an antelope
Hoof - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HoofWebThe hoof (plural: hooves) is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, which is covered and strengthened with a thick and horny keratin covering. Artiodactyls are even-toed ungulates, species whose feet have an even number of digits, yet the ruminants with two digits, are the most numerous, e.g. giraffe, deer, bison, cattle, goat, and sheep. The feet of …
Entelodon - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EntelodonWebEntelodon (meaning "complete teeth", from Ancient Greek ἐντελής entelēs "complete" and ὀδών odōn "tooth", referring to its "complete" eutherian dentition), is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl endemic to Eurasia.Fossils of species are found in Paleogene strata ranging in age from the Houldjinian (37.2–33.9 mya) until the Rupelian epoch of the early …
Mesonychid - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MesonychidWebMesonychia ("middle claws") is an extinct taxon of small- to large-sized carnivorous ungulates related to artiodactyls.Mesonychids first appeared in the early Paleocene, went into a sharp decline at the end of the Eocene, and died out entirely when the last genus, Mongolestes, became extinct in the early Oligocene.In Asia, the record of their history …
Hippopotamus - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HippopotamusWebThe hippopotamus (/ ˌ h ɪ p ə ˈ p ɒ t ə m ə s / HIP-ə-POT-ə-məs; PL: hippopotamuses or hippopotami; Hippopotamus amphibius), also called the hippo, common hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa.It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy …
Hemiauchenia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HemiaucheniaWebHemiauchenia is a genus of laminoid camelids that evolved in North America in the Miocene period about 10 million years ago. This genus diversified and moved to South America in the Early Pleistocene, as part of the Great American Biotic Interchange, giving rise to modern lamines.The genus became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene.
Great American Interchange - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_InterchangeWebThe Great American Biotic Interchange (commonly abbreviated as GABI), also known as the Great American Interchange and the Great American Faunal Interchange, was an important late Cenozoic paleozoogeographic biotic interchange event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America via Central America to South America …
List of mammals of South America - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_South_AmericaWebThis is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in South America.South America's terrestrial mammals fall into three distinct groups: "old-timers", African immigrants and recent North American immigrants. The marsupials and xenarthrans are "old-timers", their ancestors having been present on the continent since at least the very early Cenozoic …
List of mammals of Florida - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_FloridaWebThe only native even-toed ungulate is the white-tailed deer. It is the most economically important hunting mammal in all of North America, and is one of the major prey animals of the Florida panther. There were only about 20,000 deer in Florida during the late 1930s, and the species was almost extinct in South Florida due to a campaign to eliminate tick-borne …