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Artiodactyla
4-650.00.00English: Even-toed ungulates.
Names: Artiodactyla, Artiodactylae.
Clades: Artiodactyla; Laurasiatheria; Mammalia; Animals.ZoologyZoology: ungulates, = hoofed animals; weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
Their closest relatives are the other odd-toed ungulates, including horses and rhinoceroses.ClassificationOrder Artiodactyla
Clade Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Tylopoda
Family Camelidae: camels and lamoids or llamas (six species)
Clade Artiofabula
Suborder Suina
Family Suidae: pigs (19 species)
Family Tayassuidae: peccaries (four species)
Clade Cetruminantia
Clade Cetancodontamorpha
Suborder Whippomorpha
Superfamily Dichobunoidea, paraphyletic to Cetacea and Raoellidae
Infraorder Cetacea: whales (about 90 species)
Parvorder Mysticeti: baleen whales
Superfamily Balaenoidea: right whales
Family Balaenidae: greater right whales (four species)
Family Cetotheriidae: pygmy right whale (one species)
Superfamily Balaenopteroidea: large baleen whales
Family Balaenopteridae: slender-back rorquals and humpback whale (eight species)
Family Eschrichtiidae: gray whale (one species)
Parvorder Odontoceti: toothed whales
Superfamily Delphinoidea: oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and others
Family Delphinidae: oceanic true dolphins (38 species)
Family Monodontidae: Arctic whales; narwhal and beluga (two species)
Family Phocoenidae: porpoises (six species)
Superfamily Physeteroidea: sperm whales
Family Kogiidae: lesser sperm whales (two species)
Family Physeteridae: sperm whale (one species)
Superfamily Platanistoidea: river dolphins
Family Iniidae: South American river dolphins (two species)
Family Lipotidae: Chinese river dolphin (zero or one species, possibly extinct)
Family Platanistidae: South Asian river dolphin (one species)
Family Pontoporiidae: La Plata dolphin (one species)
Superfamily Ziphioidea
Family Ziphidae: beaked whales (22 species)
Infraorder Ancodonta
Hippopotamidae
Family Hippopotamidae: hippos (two species)
Clade Ruminantiamorpha
Suborder Ruminantia
Infraorder Tragulina
Family Tragulidae: chevrotains (six species)
Infraorder Pecora
Family Antilocapridae: pronghorn (one species)
Family Giraffidae: okapi and four species of giraffe (five species total)
Family Cervidae: deer (49 species)
Family Moschidae: musk deer (seven species)
Family Bovidae: cattle, buffalo, goat-antelope, antelope, and others (135 species)
Names: Artiodactyla, Artiodactylae.
Clades: Artiodactyla; Laurasiatheria; Mammalia; Animals.ZoologyZoology: ungulates, = hoofed animals; weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
Their closest relatives are the other odd-toed ungulates, including horses and rhinoceroses.ClassificationOrder Artiodactyla
Clade Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Tylopoda
Family Camelidae: camels and lamoids or llamas (six species)
Clade Artiofabula
Suborder Suina
Family Suidae: pigs (19 species)
Family Tayassuidae: peccaries (four species)
Clade Cetruminantia
Clade Cetancodontamorpha
Suborder Whippomorpha
Superfamily Dichobunoidea, paraphyletic to Cetacea and Raoellidae
Infraorder Cetacea: whales (about 90 species)
Parvorder Mysticeti: baleen whales
Superfamily Balaenoidea: right whales
Family Balaenidae: greater right whales (four species)
Family Cetotheriidae: pygmy right whale (one species)
Superfamily Balaenopteroidea: large baleen whales
Family Balaenopteridae: slender-back rorquals and humpback whale (eight species)
Family Eschrichtiidae: gray whale (one species)
Parvorder Odontoceti: toothed whales
Superfamily Delphinoidea: oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and others
Family Delphinidae: oceanic true dolphins (38 species)
Family Monodontidae: Arctic whales; narwhal and beluga (two species)
Family Phocoenidae: porpoises (six species)
Superfamily Physeteroidea: sperm whales
Family Kogiidae: lesser sperm whales (two species)
Family Physeteridae: sperm whale (one species)
Superfamily Platanistoidea: river dolphins
Family Iniidae: South American river dolphins (two species)
Family Lipotidae: Chinese river dolphin (zero or one species, possibly extinct)
Family Platanistidae: South Asian river dolphin (one species)
Family Pontoporiidae: La Plata dolphin (one species)
Superfamily Ziphioidea
Family Ziphidae: beaked whales (22 species)
Infraorder Ancodonta
Hippopotamidae
Family Hippopotamidae: hippos (two species)
Clade Ruminantiamorpha
Suborder Ruminantia
Infraorder Tragulina
Family Tragulidae: chevrotains (six species)
Infraorder Pecora
Family Antilocapridae: pronghorn (one species)
Family Giraffidae: okapi and four species of giraffe (five species total)
Family Cervidae: deer (49 species)
Family Moschidae: musk deer (seven species)
Family Bovidae: cattle, buffalo, goat-antelope, antelope, and others (135 species)