Ungulate
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| Ungulate Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous – Recent |
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| Llamas, which have two toes, are artiodactyls -- "even toed" ungulates | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Ungulata |
| (unranked): | Ungulatomorpha |
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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.