hoofed mammals

Cattle and horses

Hoofed mammals are animals with feet encased in hard keratin coverings—horses, cattle, deer, pigs, and their relatives.

The group divides into odd-toed (horses, rhinos) and even-toed (cows, sheep, camels).

The technical term is ungulates: Hoofed mammals dominate the world's grasslands.

Related

rhinoceros · cow · ungulate · zebra · wildebeest · tapir · onager · quagga · okapi · water buffalo · buffalo · vicuña · dik-dik · caribou · big game · muntjac · mule · pack animal

Opposites
foot structure

hoofed mammalscarnivores

Animals eating only meat

felines · canines · bears · primates · rodents

locomotion type

hoofed mammalsmarine mammals

Warm-blooded ocean animals

aquatic mammals · bats · whales · cetaceans · dolphins

taxonomic/evolutionary grouping

hoofed mammalsreptiles

Cold-blooded scaly vertebrates

birds · fish · amphibians · invertebrates · insects

Family

hoof, mammal, hooves, mammalian

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