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| Two orders known as ungulates |
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| Perissodactyla & Artiodactyla |
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| walking on tips of toes & keratinized hooves |
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| ungulates are adapted for what type of locomotion? |
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| cheekteeth of ungulates are? |
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| Most important animals to human economics |
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| Equids are in what order? |
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| Tapiriidae are in what order? |
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| Perissodactyla have what type of digestive method? |
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| 3rd digit bears most of the weight |
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| What limits the movement of perissodactyla to only forward and backward motions? |
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| Why does the astragalus limit motion to forward and back in perissodactids? |
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| creates pulley like surface on the front of the ankle |
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| How many digits do tapirs have? |
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| 4 in the front three in the back |
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| how many digits do rhinoceros have? |
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| what kind of uterus do perissodactylids have? |
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| What is a perissodactylid's placenta like? |
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| Do perissodactylids have a baculum? |
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| What is the most primitive large animals still in existence? |
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| Where did Tapirs originate? |
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| Where did Tapirs migrate to in the Eocene? |
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| When were Tapirs extirpated from North America? |
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| What would describe the Tapir's current world distribution? |
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| When did rhinoceros become extinct in North America? |
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| Largest land mammal that ever lived was a ancestor of what living family? |
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| The best documented fossil history of any mammalian is of what family? |
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| Where did Equids originate? |
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| Who reintroduced them to the Americas? |
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| Whats the second most important domesticated species? |
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| When and where were equids first domesticated? |
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| Southern Ukraine 5k years ago |
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| Which species of equids have an erect mane? |
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| All except domestic horse |
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| Horses have postpartum estrus |
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| What are the chromosome diploid # of Tapirs? |
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| Which Tapir is semi-aquatic |
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| Young tapirs have what kind of coloration? |
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| locomotion used to support heavy weights |
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| Rhinos use what method of locomotion? |
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| A rhinoceros' horn is made of what? |
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| Dermal mass of agglutinated & keratinized fibers (fused hairs) |
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| Why is Artiodactylids more diverse than Perissodactylids? |
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| Suborders of Artiodactyla |
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| Suiformes, Tylopoda, & Ruminantia |
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| Suidae, Tayassuidae, & Hippopomatidae |
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| Families under Ruminantia |
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| Tragulidae, Giraffidae, Cervidae, Moschidae, Antilocapridae & Bovidae |
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| Main weight passes between digit 3 & 4 |
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cursorial
metapodialis fused into CANNON bone |
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| Suids & Tayassuids have a digestive tract that can be said to be |
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| nonruminating with simple stomachs |
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| Only Artiodactylid with ever-growing incisors |
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| Camelids have how many chambers in their stomachs? |
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| Camels stride can be described as |
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| pace (both legs on one side move in unison) |
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resist dehydration
eat plants with high salt content |
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| Where did Camelids originate? |
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| bunodont cheekteeth & ever-growing canines |
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| Suids have something in their snouts to help root food out of the ground. |
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| Round cartilaginous disck |
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| North & South America, Australia, & New Zealand |
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