Pronghorns 38-VIII
MAMMALIA
Artiodactyla
 
 
Female Pronghorns (Antilocapra americana)



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Mammalia
  2. Classification of Mammalia
  3. Prototheria
  4. Metatheria
  5. Eutheria
  6. Afrotheria
  7. Laurasiatheria
  8. Cetartiodactyla
  9. Carnivora
  10. Euarchontoglires
  11. Primates
  12. Hominidae

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The order Artiodactyla groups together the split-hooved ungulate mammals with the infraorder Cetacea, the whales and dolphins. The ruminants (suborder Ruminantia) is a large enough, and popular enough, group that it will be explored to the subfamily level.

  • Laurasiatheria [38-VII]
    • Perissodactyla - Horses, Tapirs, Rhinoceroses
    • Insectivora - Hedgehogs, Shrews, Moles
    • Pholidota - Pangolins
    • Chiroptera - Bats
    • Artiodactyla
      • Ruminantia - Deer, Bison, Pronghorns, Giraffes, etc.
      • Tylopoda - Camels
      • Suina - Pigs
      • Whippomorpha
        • Hippopotamidae - Hippos
        • Cetacea - Whales, Dolphins
    • Carnivora [38-IX]
  • Euarchontoglires [38-X]
RUMINANTIA 

The following families are in the suborder Ruminantia: Bovidae (Bison, Cattle, Buffalo, Gazelles, Goats, Sheep), Antilocapridae (Pronghorn), Cervidae (Deer, Elk, Moose), Moschidae (Musk Deer), Giraffidae (Giraffes) and Tragulidae (Chevrotains).

INFRAORDER PECORA

  • FAMILY ANTILOCAPRIDAE
  • FAMILY BOVIDAE
    • SUBFAMILY AEPYCEROTINAE
      • Impala (Aepyceros melampus rendilis) - SD WAP
    • SUBFAMILY ALCELAPHINAE
      • Wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) - SD WAP
      • Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) - San Diego Zoo
    • SUBFAMILY ANTILOPINAE
      • Slender-Horned Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros) - SCZ - 2005 - NOAH
      • Speke's Gazelle (Gazella spekei) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Addra Gazelle (Nanger dama) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Soemmerring's Gazelle (Nanger soemmerringii) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) - Omaha Zoo - 2021
    • SUBFAMILY BOVINAE
      • Bison (Bison bison) - Yellowstone, Konza, Tallgrass, SCZ - 2021
      • Yak (Bos grunniens) - SCZ - 2018
      • Banteng (Bos javanicus) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Cattle (Bos Taurus) - Kansas
      • Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - SCZ - 2018
      • African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) - Denver Zoo - 2023
      • Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) - KC Zoo - 2017
      • Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) - KC Zoo - 2022
      • Lesser Kudo (Tragelaphus imberbis) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
    • SUBFAMILY CAPRINAE
      • Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) - Wind River Range, Yellowstone, RMNP - 2020
      • Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) - Rocky Mountain NP - 1998 - NOAH
      • Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) - ANWR
      • Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Chinese Goral (Naemorhedus griseus) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Transcaspian Urial (Ovis vignei arkal) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
    • SUBFAMILY CEPHALOPHINAE
      • Red-Flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus) - KC Zoo - 2005 - NOAH
      • Blue Duiker (Cephalophus monticola bicolor) - KC Zoo - 2022 - NOAH
      • Yellow-Backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvilcultor) - Omaha & KC Zoos - 2017 - NOAH
    • SUBFAMILY HIPPOTRAGINAE
      • Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) - KC & St. Louis Zoos - 2022
      • Scimtar-Horned Oryx (Oryx dammah) - KC Zoo - 2022
      • Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) - White Sands
    • SUBFAMILY PELEINAE
      • Grey Rhebok (Pelea capreolus) - San Diego Zoo
    • SUBFAMILY REDUNCINAE
      • Nile Lechwe (Kobus megaceros) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
  • FAMILY CERVIDAE
    • SUBFAMILY CERVINAE
      • Elk/Wapiti/Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) - Yellowstone, RMNP - 2017 NOAH
      • Fallow Deer (Dama dama) - (Exotic in Texas)
      • Burmese Brow-Antlered Deer (Rucervus eldii thamin) - SCZ - 2018
    • SUBFAMILY HYDROPOTINAE
      • Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) - Wildlife World Zoo, AZ
    • SUBFAMILY MUNTIACINAE
      • Tufted Deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) - Omaha & KC Zoos - 2006
      • Indian Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) - SCZ - 2005
    • SUBFAMILY ODOCOILEINAE
      • Moose (Alces alces) - Yellowstone, RMNP
      • Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) - Wind River Range, Yellowstone, RMNP
      • White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
        • Greenwood County, Kansas (fawn) - 10/28/2004 - NOAH
        • Devonian Gorge (juveniles) - 8/8/2005 - NOAH
        • Adirondacks, Konza
      • Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavius) - Florida Keys
      • Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) - ANWR, Topeka Zoo (temporary)
      • Pudu (Pudu puda) - SCZ - 2018
  • FAMILY GIRAFFIDAE
    • Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - SCZ - 2021
    • Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) - SCZ & Omaha Zoos - 2021
  • FAMILY MOSCHIDAE
    • Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus) - San Diego Zoo
INFRAORDER TRAGULINA
  • FAMILY TRAGULIDAE
    • Chevrotain (Tragulus napu) - Topeka Zoo - 2022 - NOAH
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TYLOPODA - CAMELS 

Camelidae is the only family in the suborder Tylopoda and includes camels and llamas.

  • Bactrian (2 hump) Camel (Camelus bactrianus) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
  • Dromedary (1 hump) Camel (Camelus dromedarius) - SCZ & KC Zoos - 2022
  • Llama (Lama glama)
  • Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) - SCZ - 2005
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SUINA - PIGS 

Description
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HIPPOPOTAMIDAE - HIPPOS 

Hippopotamidae is a family in the suborder Whippomorpha and contains the hippos. It is the only family in the suborder that contains species that live both in water and on land.
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CETACEATRIP 7

Cetacea is the infraorder of whales and dolphins within the suborder Whippomorpha. Though exclusively aquatic, they are closely related to the hippos and the split-hooved ungulates listed on this page.

The best time to experience whales in Monterey Bay is from late Summer to Fall.

SUBORDER MYSTICETI

  • FAMILY BALAENIDAE
    • Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) - Gulf of Maine
    • Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) - Bering LB
  • FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE
    • Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - Monterey Bay, Gulf of Maine, Glacier Bay, Bering LB
    • Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) - Monterey Bay, Gulf of Maine, Glacier Bay
    • Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) - Monterey Bay, Gulf of Maine, Glacier Bay
    • Finback Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) - Monterey Bay, Gulf of Maine, Glacier Bay, Bering LB
    • Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - Monterey Bay, Gulf of Maine, Glacier Bay, Hawaii
  • FAMILY ESCHRICHTIIDAE
    • Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) - Monterey Bay, Gulf of Maine, Glacier Bay, Bering LB
  • FAMILY NEOBALAENIDAE
    • Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) - Southern Hemisphere
SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
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