Ungulata

See also: ungulata

Translingual

Etymology

Latin ungulatus (“having hoofs or having talons”)

Proper noun

Ungulata

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – a polyphyletic form taxon, which included hoofed animals.

Hyponyms

• (order): Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates); Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates); Tubulidentata (aardvarks); Hyracoidea (hyraxes); Sirenia (dugongs and manatees), Proboscidea (elephants) - orders of former members of Ungulata.

Further reading

• Ungulate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Ungulata”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.