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Artiodactyla

Artiodactyla

(Science: zoology) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; opposed to Perissodactyla.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Even _ finger or toe.


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Perspiration among carnivores [mammals].

... Sweat glands, although found in the majority of mammals , constitute the primary means of heat dissipation only in certain hoofed animals (orders Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla) and in primates, including humans. h t t p :// www .answers. com/topic/thermoregulation-1: Most mammals do not have ...

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... "in the skeletons of primitive protocetids during our field work in Pakistan in 2000 confirmed their derivation from Artiodactyla (the mammalian order including cows, deer, hippos, etc.), and showed convincingly that whales did not originate from mesonychid condylarths' ...

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Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:51 am
 
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... Hominidae, Genus Pan Jellyfish/Sea jelly: Phylum Cnidaria, Class Scyphozoa Elk: Phylum chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Cervidae Lizard: Phylum chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class reptilia, order squamata, suborder Sauria Fish: phylum chordata, ...

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