The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla / ˌ ɑːr t i oʊ ˈ d æ k t ɪ l ə /, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος, ártios 'even', and δάκτυλος, dáktylos 'finger, toe') are ungulates—hoofed animals—which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing posteriorly.

Mammal classification List of recently extinct mammals Lists of mammals by region. This is a list of even-toed ungulate species by estimated global population. This list is not comprehensive, as not all ungulates have had their numbers quantified. Common name Binomial name

The even-toed ungulates are the most successful group of large herbivores on earth today, having outpaced the formerly widespread perissodactyls in the Oligocene. ... outside of their natural range, including Australia, New Guinea, and the islands of Oceania. The approximately 240 ungulate members of this order show incredible diversity in size ...

Odd-toed ungulates, mammals which constitute the taxonomic order Perissodactyla (/ p ə ˌ r ɪ s oʊ ˈ d æ k t ɪ l ə /, from Ancient Greek περισσός, perissós 'odd', and δάκτυλος, dáktylos 'finger, toe'), are animals—ungulates—who have reduced the weight-bearing toes to three (rhinoceroses and tapirs, with tapirs still using four toes on the front legs) or one ...

The 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 and vice versa, as the …

A 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).

Etymology. Ungulate is from the Late Latin adjective ungulatus, "hoofed". Ungulatus is a diminutive form of Latin unguis, "nail" (finger nail; toe nail).. Classifications History. Ungulata is a clade (or in some taxonomies, a grand order) of mammals. The two orders of ungulates were the Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) and Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates).

The Ultimate Ungulate Page. Your Guide to the World's Hoofed Mammal Species. Fossil Eutheria. Earliest Known Ancestor of Placental Mammals Discovered. National Geographic News (2002). Earliest rabbit fossil found, suggests modern mammal group emerged as dinosaurs faced extinction. Information about Gomphos elkema, American Museum of Natural ...

Etymology and definitions. The word "whale" comes from the Old English hwæl, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto Indo European *(s)kwal-o-, meaning "large sea fish". The Proto-Germanic *hwalaz is also the source of Old Saxon hwal, Old Norse hvalr, hvalfiskr, Swedish val, Middle Dutch wal, walvisc, Dutch walvis, Old High German wal, and German Wal. The …

The largest porpoise is the Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), at up to 220 kg (490 lb) and 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in length.; The largest beaked whale is the Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii) at up to 14 tonnes and 13 m (43 ft) long.; The largest of the beluga and narwhal is the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas).Adult male beluga whales can range from 3.5 to 5.5 m (11 to 18 ft), …