The even-toed ungulates: hoofed mammals that bear their weight roughly equally on the third and fourth toes of each foot. Artiodactyla includes pigs, camels, deer, giraffes, cattle and, since molecular evidence placed them within the order, the whales and dolphins of Cetacea.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Classification
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ25329, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Artiodactyla
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