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The even-toed ungulates are ungulates – hoofed animals – which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing posteriorly. Family: Cervidae. Subfamily: Capreolinae. Genus: Odocoileus. White-tailed deer, O. virginianus LC introduced
Hispaniola, the second largest of the Antilles, is politically divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Various hutias and other hystricognaths are known from both the main island and several surrounding islands, including Gonâve Island. †Brotomys voratus, a spiny rat from both mainland Hispaniola and Gonâve. It is now extinct, but it ...
The rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and its surrounding islands. A large lizard, they vary in length from 60 to 136 centimetres (24 to 54 in), and skin colours range from a steely grey to a dark green and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 October 2024. Extinct species of monkey Hispaniola monkey Temporal range: Quaternary Conservation status Extinct (early 1500s) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Pitheciidae ...
Authorities in the Dominican Republic fanned out across the Caribbean country on Thursday to evaluate the damage Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding ...
A cemetery caretaker who was wanted for questioning about the bodies of six newborn babies found discarded near the cemetery in the Dominican Republic's capital turned himself into authorities ...
The Dominican Republic has argued it bears the brunt of insecurity in Haiti, where armed gangs concentrated in the capital have displaced over half a million residents and pushed nearly 5 million ...
Hooves grow continuously, and are constantly worn down by use. In most modern ungulates, the radius and ulna are fused along the length of the forelimb; early ungulates, such as the arctocyonids, did not share this unique skeletal structure. [50] The fusion of the radius and ulna prevents an ungulate from rotating its forelimb.