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Ungulates were in high diversity in response to sexual selection and ecological events; most ungulates lack a collar bone. [49] Terrestrial ungulates were for the most part herbivores, with some of them being grazers. However, there were exceptions to this as pigs, peccaries, hippos and duikers were known to have an omnivorous diet.
Tragulus is a genus of even-toed ungulates in the family Tragulidae that are known as mouse-deer. [1] In Ancient Greek τράγος (tragos) means a male goat, [2] while the Latin diminutive –ulus means 'tiny'.
This list of fictional ungulates is a subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. The list is restricted to notable ungulate (hooved) characters from various works organized by medium. This paraphyletic list includes all fictional hooved characters except fictional horses , fictional pachyderms (elephants, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, and ...
The Java mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus) [2] is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. When it reaches maturity it is about the size of a rabbit , making it the smallest living ungulate .
[8] [9] With an average length of 45 cm (18 in) and an average height of 30 cm (12 in), the Java mouse-deer is the smallest surviving ungulate (hoofed) mammal, as well as the smallest artiodactyl (even-toed ungulate). [8] Despite their common name of "mouse deer", they are not closely related to true deer.
Ungulates (meaning roughly "hoofed" or "hoofed animal") are several groups of mammals most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole bodyweight whilst moving. The main article for this category is ungulate .
In solid geometry, an ungula is a region of a solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to its base. [1] A common instance is the spherical wedge.The term ungula refers to the hoof of a horse, an anatomical feature that defines a class of mammals called ungulates.
Elephants and ungulates have ungual phalanges, as did the sauropods and horned dinosaurs. A claw is a highly modified ungual phalanx. A claw is a highly modified ungual phalanx. As an adjective, ungual means related to nail , as in periungual (around the nail).