Ungulata
See also: ungulata
Translingual
Etymology
Latin ungulatus (“having hoofs or having talons”)
Proper noun
Ungulata
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – a polyphyletic form taxon, which included hoofed animals.
Hyponyms
- (order): Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates); Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates); Tubulidentata (aardvarks); Hyracoidea (hyraxes); Sirenia (dugongs and manatees), Proboscidea (elephants) - orders of former members of Ungulata.
Further reading
- ungulate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Ungulata”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.