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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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