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MAMMALIA
Cetartiodactyla
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Chapter Outline
- Description of Mammalia
- Classification of Mammalia
- Monotremata
- Metatheria
- Edentata and Pholidota
- Macroscelidea, Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Insectivora
- Tubulidentata, Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, Proboscidea and Sirenia
- Cetartiodactyla
- Carnivora
- Chiroptera and Dermoptera
- Primates and Scandentia
- Hominidae
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Intro. to Cetartiodactyla
| RUMINANTIA | |
The following families are in Ruminantia: Bovidae (Bison, Cattle, Buffalo, Gazelles, Goats, Sheep), Antilocapridae (Pronghorn), Cervidae (Deer, Elk, Moose), Moschidae (Musk Deer), Giraffidae (Giraffes) and Tragulidae (Chevrotains). The Texas Fallow Deer has not been assigned to any family but is also in the Ruminant group.
- Pecora
- Antilocapridae
- Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) - Yellowstone
- Bovidae
- Bison (Bison bison) - Yellowstone, Konza
- Lowland Wisent (Bison bonasus bonasus) - SWAP, Wgasa Bush Line Railway
- Indian Gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus) - SWAP, Wgasa Bush Line Railway
- Ankole or Watusi Cattle (Bos taurus) - SWAP, Wgasa Bush Line Railway
- Javan Banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus) - San Diego Zoo, Horn and Hoof Mesa; SWAP, Wgasa Bush Line Railway
- Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) - RMNP
- Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) - San Diego Zoo
- Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) - Yellowstone, RMNP
- Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) - San Diego Zoo, Horn and Hoof Mesa
- Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) - San Diego Zoo, Ituri Forest
- Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) - SWAP, Wgasa Bush Line Railway
- Gazelles - San Diego Zoo
- Sichuan Takin - San Diego Zoo
- Cervidae
- Moose (Alces alces) - Yellowstone
- Elk (Cervus elaphus) - Yellowstone, RMNP
- Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - San Diego Zoo, Horn and Hoof Mesa; SWAP, Wgasa Bush Line Railway
- Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) - San Diego Zoo
- Moschidae
- Antilocapridae
- Tragulina
- Tragulidae
- Chevrotains
- Tragulidae
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| CAMELIDAE - CAMELS | |
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- Llamas
- Bactrian (2 hump) Camel - San Diego Zoo
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| SUINA - PIGS | |
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- Javelina - Big Bend NP and San Diego Zoo
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| HIPPOPOTAMIDAE - HIPPOS | |
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- Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) - Omaha Zoo, Lied Jungle
- Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) - San Diego Zoo, Ituri Forest
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| CETACEA | |
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- Minke Whale - Bay of Fundy
- Sei Whale - Bay of Fundy
- Finback Whale - Bay of Fundy
- Humpback Whale - Bay of Fundy
- Right Whale - Bay of Fundy
- Harbour Porpoise - Bay of Fundy
- Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) - Pittsburgh Zoo
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