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Encyclopedia > Unguligrade

Unguligrade animals (termed ungulates) are those which walk on the tips of their toes, typically on hooves. Examples include horses and deer. This enables them to extend their stride length and so move faster. Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Ungulates (meaning roughly hoofed or hoofed animal) make up several orders of mammals, of which six survive: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, antelope, and many others Cetacea: whales and dolphins (which evolved from hoofed land animals) Perissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates such as horses and rhinos Proboscidea: elephants... Toes on a humans right foot. ... A claw is a curved pointed growth found at the end of a toe or finger, or in arthropods, of the tarsus. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ...


By contrast digitigrades walk with most of the length of their digits, while plantigrades place the full length of their feet on the ground in each stride. A digitigrade is an animal which stands or walks on its digits, or toes. ... Human skeleton, showing plantigrade habit In mammals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the podials and metatarsals flat on the ground. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


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Perissodactyla - Odd-toed ungulates (633 words)
The Tapiridae - the closest family to the ancestral perissodactyl condition - possess four toes on the forefeet (digit V is used on wet or marshy ground) and three on the hind.
Perissodactyls are truly unguligrade, with the heel, sole, and digits of the foot never touching the ground.
The ulna and fibula (bones in the forearm and lower leg) are reduced, simplifying the wrist/ankle joint considerably.
unguligrade - OneLook Dictionary Search (159 words)
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unguligrade : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
unguligrade : The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
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