EnchantedLearning.com Ungulates: Artiodactyls and Perissodactyls

Ungulates are hoofed mammals. Hooves are enlarged claws on the toes. Ungulates are digitigrade; they walk on their toes. The word ungulate is from the Latin word unguis, which means nail, claw, or hoof.

Artiodactyls are even-toed (cloven-hooved) ungulates - some of these include antelopes, camels, cows, deer, goats, pigs, and sheep. These animals walk on two enlarged toes.

Perissodactyls are odd-toed ungulates (a much smaller group) - some of these include horses, zebras, rhinoceroses, and tapirs. Rhinoceroses and tapirs walk on three enlarged toes. Living horses and zebras walk on one enlarged toe.

ANTELOPE Antelopes have beautiful horns.	BACTRIAN CAMEL A two-humped camel from deserts and steppes of Asia.	BALUCHITHERIUM Baluchitherium (aka Indricotherium) is a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals.	BIGHORN SHEEP A wild brown sheep from mountains and deserts of North America.
BISON The Bison (also called the American Buffalo) is the heaviest land animal in North America.	BONGO The bongo is a large, striped antelope from African forests.	CAMEL Camels are large mammals that live in dry areas.	CAPE BUFFALO Cape Buffalo are large, hoofed mammals that live in African savannas.
CARIBOU Caribou live in Arctic regions.	COLLARED PECCARY A pig-like mammal, also known as the javelina, from deserts and chaparrels of North and Central America.	COW Most of the milk we drink comes from cows.	DALL SHEEP A wild sheep from the Arctic and sub-Arctic of North America.
DEER Deer are long-legged mammals that have hoofed, two-toed feet.	DEER, WHITE-TAILED White-tailed deer are a type of deer from the Americas.	DONKEY Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to desert life.	DROMEDARY The dromedary is the Arabian or one-humped camel.
Elk Elk are large, hoofed mammals with beautiful antlers.	EOHIPPUS Eohippus was a tiny horse that lived 50 million years ago.	GAZELLE Gazelles live in herds in Africa.	GIRAFFE The giraffe is the tallest land animal. Go to a giraffe quiz or go to the answers.
GNU The gnu is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. It is also known as the wildebeest.	GOAT Goats are sure-footed, hoofed mammals.	HIPPOPOTAMUS The hippopotamus is a large mammal that stays in the water a lot.	HORSE Horses are very fast runners. Primitive horses were very small. Go to a horse quiz or go to the answers.
HYRACOTHERIUM Hyracotherium/Eohippus was a tiny horse that lived 50 million years ago.	IMPALA A high-jumping, lightly-built antelope from southern Africa.	INDRICOTHERIUM Indricotherium (aka Baluchitherium) was a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals.	JAVELINA A pig-like mammal, also known as the collared peccary, from deserts and chaparrels of North and Central America.
LLAMA Llamas are domesticated animals that are related to camels.	MOOSE A moose is a large type of deer from the USA and Canada.	MUSK OX Musk oxen are large, hairy mammals that live in the far north.	OKAPI The Okapi is a nocturnal, giraffe-like mammal from African rainforests.
ORYX Oryx are long-horned antelopes from dry areas in Africa and Asia.	PIG Pigs, also known as swine, are omnivores with a flattened snout.	PRONGHORN Pronghorns are the fastest moving mammals in North America.	Quagga The quagga is a recently-extinct relative of the zebra. Go to a quagga read-and-answer quiz or go to the answers.
REINDEER Reindeer live in the far north.	RHINOCEROS A rhinoceros is a huge animal from Africa that has one or two horn-like spikes on its head.	SHEEP Sheep are farm animals that are raised for wool and meat.	TAPIR A plant-eating, hoofed mammal with a small trunk.
WARTHOG The warthog is a wild pig from Africa.	WILDEBEEST The wildebeest is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. It is also known as the gnu.	WOODLAND CARIBOU A rare caribou from Canada that eats lichens.	WOOLLY RHINOCEROS The Woolly Rhino is an extinct rhinoceros from the Ice Ages.
YAK Yaks are large, strong, plant-eating mammals.	ZEBRA Zebras have black and white stripes.

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