It is true that the elephants are generally considered to form a group apart from both the odd and the even-toed Ungulata. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
Not only are whales related to cows, but they are in fact close relatives of hippos, all in the group of even-toed ungulates, Artiodactyla. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
The fossil deer of North America, as well as many other even-toed members of the group of mammalia possessing hoofs, provide the same kind of conclusive evidence. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
Among the even-toed forms the hippopotamus has four which reach the ground, with a vestige of a fifth, so this animal has apparently descended from a typical mammal with the full number along a different line from that taken by the odd-toed forms. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
Antelope Hair - Antelopes are even-toed ruminants belonging to the family. From Wordnik.com. Reference
S. heureni (Flores Warty Pig) even-toed ungulates originally native to Eurasia. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
③ Camelus ferus: The Bactrian Camel is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of north eastern Asia. From Wordnik.com. [New Products from Geek Stuff 4 U .com] Reference
They are (like horses and tapirs) odd-toed hoofed beasts -- not even-toed ones, as are pigs, camels, and ruminants. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
This consideration shows that the classification into even-toed and odd-toed is not so artificial as it no doubt at first sight appears. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
Eleven of the even-toed ungulates - 10 heifers and a bull - can now be seen happily grazing on 480 hectares at Myrtle Creek, near Main Camp. From Wordnik.com. [northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star] Reference
Fossil similarities suggest that hippos are close evolutionary relatives of other even-toed hoofed mammals such as pigs and camels, but far removed from whales. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution News & Views] Reference
The results challenge the theory that cetaceans are descended from even-toed ungulates (artiodactyls) like hippos, as previous molecular analysis has suggested. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Lots of Internet users think that it's a horse, but a horse is odd-toed, and if you look at this "mythical creature," you'll notice that its hooves are smaller and even-toed. From Wordnik.com. [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference
About 60 years ago, researchers first suggested that cetaceans were related to plant-eating ungulates, specifically to even-toed, artiodactyl mammals like sheep, antelope and pigs. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The Ungulata or hoofed quadrupeds are now divided into the even-toed or odd-toed divisions; but the Mærauchenia of S. America connects to a certain extent these two grand divisions. From Wordnik.com. [XI. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings. On the Affinities of Extinct Species to Each Other, and to Living Forms] Reference
Elephants are often spoken of as "Ungulates," and classed by naturalists with the hoofed animals (the odd toed tapirs, rhinoceroses, and horses, and the even-toed pigs, camel, cattle, and deer). From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
American cavies and to dormice and squirrels; hoofed animals belonging to the odd-toed and even-toed groups; and ancestral forms of cats, civets, dogs, with a number of more generalised forms of carnivora. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
And then on to ruminant, which verified my initial rumgumption about the cud-chewing, but included, also, a reference to the "ruminantia," which are "a division of even-toed, hoofed mammals" including some which do not chew the cud!. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3] Reference
Thanks to intertwining lines of fossil and genetic evidence we now know that whales evolved from artiodactyls (even-toed hoofed mammals) a little more than 55 million years ago, but these early whales were quite unlike their living relatives. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The remarkable progressive change of a four or five-toed ancestor into the one-toed horse, and the equally remarkable division of the whole group of ungulate animals into the odd-toed and even-toed divisions, Mr. Cope attempts to explain by the effects of impact and use among animals which frequented hard or swampy ground respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
First there was an ancestral even-toed ungulate. From Wordnik.com. [Zimmer on whales - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
African even-toed ungulate mammal "can be a bit disconcerting, especially if that cover shows what looks like the nervous system of something. From Wordnik.com. [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference
"even-toed ungulates"?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
The hoofed mammals -- which are all digitigrade -- are sub-classified as artiodactyls and perissodactyls, i.e. even-toed and odd-toed. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
These include opossums and allies, armadillos/sloths/allies; shrews and moles, bats, carnivores, seals, whales/porpoises/dolphins, manatees, even-toed ungulates, rodents, and hares/rabbits. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
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