Ungulates, or hoofed mammals, include most of the large land mammals on earth. Ungulates are found naturally on all continents except Antarctica and Australia, where they were introduced by humans. Ungulates are tremendously important to humans. From earliest times, they have been widely hunted for food. Some species have also played important roles as domesticated animals, providing food, fiber, transportation, and many other benefits. Domestication is the taming of an animal for a purpose. This is usually done through generations of breeding desired traits, so that it can live in close association with humans as a pet or work animal. Some domesticated animals are purposely bred to be smaller, or bigger, or to produce more of something that people desire. Domestication usually creates a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild. Some domesticated ungulates include sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, bison, horses, ponies, donkeys, reindeer, llamas, alpaca, and camels.
Get To Know Your Zoo Animals at the Barn:
Sardinian Donkeys: Jade & Opal (Has the white belly)
Registered Miniature Horses: Princess (White and brown colouring) & Daybreak (Brown colouring)
Dexter Cow: Puddle
Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig: Tony & Dominic (Has the white nose)
Llama: Mocha
Nigerian Dwarf Goat: Bea (Black colouring and mother to the other two), Sydney & Zoe (Bea’s twin daughters)
All of our ungulates at the Barn are female, except for the pigs.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ungulate
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/domestication