Artiodactyla
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Artiodactyla ( AR-tee-oh-DAK-tih-lə; from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος ártios 'even' and δάκτυλος dáktylos 'finger, toe') is an order of placental mammals. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof). The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing posteriorly. By contrast, mo
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| Artiodactyls | |
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| Clockwise from center: American bison (Bison bison), dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), wild boar (Sus scrofa), orca (Orcinus orca), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Scrotifera |
| Grandorder: | Ferungulata |
| Clade: | Pan-Euungulata |
| Mirorder: | Euungulata |
| Clade: | Paraxonia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 |
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Cetartiodactyla | |
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