ungulate
Also known as Ungulata, unguligrades
Ungulates are members of the diverse clade Euungulata, which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves. Once part of the taxon "Ungulata" along with paenungulates and tubulidentates, as well as several extinct taxa, "Ungulata" has since been determined to be a polyphyletic grouping based on molecular data. As a result, true ungulates have since been reclassified to the newer clade Euungulata in 2001 within the clade Laurasiatheria, while Paenungulata and Tubulidentata have been reclassified to the distant clade Afrotheria. Alternatively, some authors use the name Ungulata to designate th
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Ungulates are a group of large mammals with hooves that belong to a scientific category called Euungulata. Scientists reclassified ungulates in 2001 using genetic data, separating them from other hoofed animals they were previously grouped with and placing them within a broader mammal group called Laurasiatheria.
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19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Classifications
- History
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Evolutionary history
- Perissodactyl evolution
- Artiodactyl evolution
- Cetacean evolution
- Mesonychian evolution
- Characteristics
- Anatomy
- Hooves
- Teeth
- Cranial appendages
- See also
- Notes
- References
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Ungulates are members of the diverse clade Euungulata, which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves. Once part of the taxon "Ungulata" along with paenungulates and tubulidentates, as well as several extinct taxa, "Ungulata" has since been determined to be a polyphyletic grouping based on molecular data. As a result, true ungulates have since been reclassified to the newer clade Euungulata in 2001 within the clade Laurasiatheria, while Paenungulata and Tubulidentata have been reclassified to the distant clade Afrotheria. Alternatively, some authors use the name Ungulata to designate the same clade as Euungulata.
Living ungulates are divided into two orders: Odd-toed Perissodactyla including equines, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; and Even-toed Artiodactyla including cattle, antelope, pigs, giraffes, camels, sheep, deer, and hippopotamuses, among others.