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Noun1.Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toesArtiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes
order Artiodactyla
animal order - the order of animals
Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
family Suidae, Suidae - pigs; hogs; boars
family Tayassuidae, Tayassuidae - peccaries
family Hippopotamidae, Hippopotamidae - hippopotami
Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
Camelidae, family Camelidae - camels and llamas and vicunas
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Predator-prey interactions between artiodactyls (grazing and browsing herbivores) and carnivorous animals in an ecosystem are manifested during feeding and thus changing feeding behaviour patterns of herbivores [5].
Effects of diet and roughage quality, and period of the day on diurnal feeding behaviour patterns of sheep and goats under subtropical conditions
Whales are descended from artiodactyls, a group of mammals that includes cows, sheep, goats and other hoofed animals.
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2004: Adaptive significance of antipredator behavior in artiodactyls. Anim.
Grouping patterns and social organization in Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica): feeding strategy matters
Quantitatively, the artiodactyls are the most predominant in both localities.
New Giraffokeryx and Giraffa (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) Dental Material from Lower Siwaliks of Northern Pakistan
The role of other wild and domestic Artiodactyls in the epidemiology of PPRV is unknown or insufficiently understood (3).
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Related researches of hypophysis on large artiodactyls, such as buffalo, sheep, pigs, dig and others were often found in publications (Dorst, 1968; Li et al, 2008).
Morfologia y Ultraestructura de la Hipofisis en Camellos Bactrianos (Camelus bactrianus)
The Late Miocene Artiodactyls in the Dhok Pathan type locality of the Dhok Pathan Formation, the Middle Siwaliks, Pakistan.
PACHYPORTAX (BOVIDAE: RUMINANTIA) FROM DHOK PATHAN FORMATION OF SIWALIKS
Mosquito-borne filarioid helminths of the genus Setaria mainly parasitize in the abdominal cavities of artiodactyls, hyracoids, and equines.
Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria
Artiodactyls (e.g., cows) regurgitate food that has been swallowed, chew it again, and then reswallow it.
IMPACT OF RUMINATION AND REGRET ON DEPRESSION AMONG NEW EMPLOYEES IN CHINA
Adaptive significance of antipredator behaviour in artiodactyls.--Anim.
Characteristics of successful puma kill sites of elk in the Black Hills, South Dakota
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Differential mesowear in the maxillary and mandibular cheek dentition of some artiodactyls. Acta Zoologica Fennica 40:395-410.
Preliminary data on the diet and habitat preferences of Capromeryx Mexicana (Mammalia: antilocapridae) from the late Pleistocene of Cedral, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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