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Order Arteriodactyla even-toed ungulates

Order Arteriodactyla even-toed ungulates. Ungulates. Hoofed mammals Large land mammals Found on all contents except Antarctica and Australia Environments Herbivores Size range Mouse deer 4lb White rhinoceros 7000lb. Even Toed. Over 200 species 10 families Suborders

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Order Arteriodactyla even-toed ungulates

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  1. Order Arteriodactylaeven-toed ungulates

  2. Ungulates • Hoofed mammals • Large land mammals • Found on all contents except Antarctica and Australia • Environments • Herbivores • Size range • Mouse deer 4lb • White rhinoceros 7000lb

  3. Even Toed • Over 200 species • 10 families • Suborders • Suinae- usually 4 toed, canines present, do not ruminate • Tylopoda- family Camelidae, 3 chambered ruminating stomach, navicular and cuboid not fused • Ruminantia- navicular and cuboid fused, missing incisors and canines

  4. Pennsylvania Arteriodactyls White Tail Deer Rocky Mountain Elk

  5. Elk Quick Facts • Diet- Herbivore • Life span- 8 -12 years • Size- at shoulders 4 – 5ft • Weight- 325 – 1,100 lbs - calf's 35lbs • The Rut - Fall • Harems • Mud, bugle, rubs, fighting

  6. Pennsylvania Elk • Eastern Elk native to Pa - Extirpated by the 1860’s • Rocky Mountain Elk introduced in 1913 • 50 elk from Yellowstone • 22 from a Monroe county preserve • 2000 first hunting season

  7. Elk Range • January 2009 600-700 elk

  8. Sources • www.life.umd.edu/.../Lectures/Ungulates.html • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ungulate • Pennsylvania State Game Commission

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