Order ArteriodactylaEven-Toed Ungulates

What is an Ungulate?

Hoofed mammals

4 lbs – 7000lbs

Prefer places where they can graze

Grasslands or forests

Have 2 or 4 toes

Range in size from rhinos to mouse deer

Approximately 200 species

10 families and 3 sub orders

Suiformes: pigs, Hippos,peccaries

Tylopoda: camels, llamas

Ruminantia: deer, elk ,giraffe, antelope

PA Native Arteriordactyla

White-tailed Deer and Rocky Mountain Elk

Are part of Ruminantia family

Female White-tailed Deer mature within 2 years

Give birth to 1-3 fawn

Size

Males typically 130-290lbs

Females typically 90-200lbs

Works Cited

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/642641/white-tailed-deer

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/classification/Artiodactyls.shtml

academic.keystone.edu/jskinner/.../Arteriodactyla_Gruver

Order ArteriodactylaEven-Toed Ungulates