Anoplotherium was an extinct genus of the Ungulata or Hoofed Quadrupeds, forming the type of a distinct family, which were in many respects intermediate between the swine and the true ruminants. These animals were pig-like in form, but possessed long tails, and had a cleft hoof, with two rudimentary toes. Some of them were as small as a guinea-pig, others as large as an ass. Six incisors, two canines, eight pre-molars, and six molars existed in each jaw, the series being continuous, no interval existing in the jaw. Research Anoplotherium
Equidae is the horse family, a family belonging to the order Ungulata, or hoofed mammals, and subdivision Perissodactyla, characterized by an undivided hoof formed of the third toe and its enlarged horny nail, a simple stomach, a mane on the neck, and by six incisor teeth on each jaw, seven molars on either side of both jaws, and by two small canine teeth in the upper jaw of the males, and sometimes in both jaws. It is divided into two groups - one including the asses and zebras, the other comprising the true horses (genus Equus). Research Equidae
Ungulata is an order of the mammalia, which includes all the hoofed forms, as the cattle, sheep, antelopes, giraffes, deer, camels, llamas, pigs, hippopotami, rhinoceroses, horses, hyrax, and elephants. In these the limbs have completely lost the power of grasping, and the feet are adapted for running only, the toes being protected by an external casing of horny substance known as a hoof. The number of the toes tends to undergo reduction, as in the rhinoceros, which has three, and the horse, which has only one. From this feature, the ungulates are divided into two groups. The Perissodactyla, or odd-toed ungulates, include the horse, elephant, etc. while the Artiodactyla, or even-toed ungulates, include the cattle, deer, sheep, etc. It is among the ungulates that the function of ruminating or chewing the cud is developed. Research Ungulata
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