"even-toed ungulates"

*RUMINANTIA*
“grazing mammals”

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*SUIDAE*
“pigs”

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*CETACEA*
“whales”

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*aka “artiodactyla”*

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(the even-toed ungulates are ‘ungulates’ (aka ‘hoofed animals’) whose weight is borne approximately equally by the ‘3rd’ + ‘4th’ toes…)

(…in contrast to ‘odd-toed ungulates’ (such as horses), whose weight is borne primarily by the ‘3rd toe’)

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(the name ‘artiodactyla’ comes from the greek ἄρτιος (ártios / ‘even’) + δάκτυλος (dáktylos ‘finger/toe’), so the name “even-toed” is a translation of the ‘order name)

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(the aquatic ‘cetaceans’ evolved from ‘even-toed ungulate ancestors’, and ‘modern taxonomic classification’ therefore sub-sumes [‘artiodactyla’ + ‘cetacea’ into “cetiartiodactyla”)

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(the roughly 220 ‘artiodactyl’ species include…)

‘pigs’

‘peccaries’

‘hippopotamuses’

‘whales’

‘camels’

‘llamas’

‘alpacas’

‘mouse deer’

‘deer’

‘giraffes’

‘antelopes’

‘sheep’

‘goats’

‘cattle’

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*many of which are of great [‘dietary’ / ‘economic’ / ‘cultural’] importance to ‘humans’*

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