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even-toed ungulatenounA hoofed mammal of an order which includes the ruminants, camels, pigs, and hippopotamuses. Mammals of this group have either two or four toes on each foot. Compare with odd-toed ungulate.- Order Artiodactyla: three suborders. See also ruminant, tylopod.
It is in these layers that fossils of odd-toed ungulates, even-toed ungulates, and primates first appear....- Traditional morphological taxonomy groups the even-toed ungulates within the order Artiodactyla.
- Notably, however, a recent and large-scale comparative analysis concluded that countershading may aid concealment in even-toed ungulates but that it is unlikely to do so in lagomorphs.
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