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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Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide and are native to all continents except Antarctica and Australia.
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Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide and are native to all continents except Antarctica and Australia.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: ArtiodactylaGeographic Range: "Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide an"Quote, Geographic Range: "Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide an"
Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide and are native to all continents except Antarctica and Australia.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: ArtiodactylaGeographic Range: "Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide an"Quote, Geographic Range: "Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide an"
Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide and are native to all continents except Antarctica and Australia.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: ArtiodactylaGeographic Range: "Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide an"Quote, Geographic Range: "Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide an"
Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide and are native to all continents except Antarctica and Australia.
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Artiodactyla (Wikipedia)
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Artiodactyla ( AR-tee-oh-DAK-tih-lə; from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος ártios 'even' and δάκτυλος dáktylos 'finger, toe') is an order of placental mammals.
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