English > Artiodactyla: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | 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. |
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Synonym | order Artiodactyla |
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Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
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Members | Camelidae, family Camelidae | camels and llamas and vicunas |
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Hippopotamidae, family Hippopotamidae | hippopotami |
Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia | cattle |
Suidae, family Suidae | pigs |
Tayassuidae, family Tayassuidae | peccaries |
even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal | placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | artiodáctilos |
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Catalan | Artiodàctil, artiodàctils, Artiodactyla |
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Adjectives | artiodactylous | of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla |
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