The 21 Basic Mammal Groups
Even-Toed Hoofed Mammals (Order Artiodactyla)
Even-toed hoofed mammals, order Artiodactyla, also known as cloven-hoofed mammals or artiodactyls, possess feet structured so that the animal's weight is carried by its third and fourth toes. Artiodactyls include familiar animals such as cattle, goats, deer, sheep, antelope, camels, llamas, pigs, and hippopotamuses, amounting to about 200 species worldwide. Virtually all artiodactyls are herbivores. The exceptions are omnivorous pigs and peccaries. Some, like cows, goats, and sheep, are ruminants (cud-chewing mammals equipped with extra stomachs), and none of them are particularly bright.
The 21 Basic Mammal Group caches were placed for HNY21.