Even-Toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla - Physical Characteristics, Habitat, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Artiodactyls And People, Conservation Status - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Even-Toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla - Physical Characteristics

Because there are as many as 227 species of artiodactyls (ar-tee-oh-DACK-tuhlz), they vary greatly in physical characteristics. The smallest is the mouse deer, which weighs less than 2 pounds (1 kilogram) and stands up to 14 inches (35 centimeters) to the shoulder. The hippopotamus is the largest, weighing in at nearly 10,000 pounds (up to 4,500 kilograms). Head and ear sizes and shapes vary, as d…

Even-Toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla - Habitat

Even-Toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla - Diet

Even-Toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla - Behavior And Reproduction

Though often seen in pairs or trios, artiodactyls are social and live in groups. Adult sexes live separately for most of the year (though they may share a range), and offspring live with females. Males tend to live where food is more plentiful because they require more energy due to their larger size. Females, on the other hand, tend to live in areas that are more protected from predators because …

Even-Toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla - Artiodactyls And People

Even-Toed Ungulates: Artiodactyla - Conservation Status

One hundred sixty species of Ariodactyla are on the IUCN Red List of threatened mammals. Two are Extinct in the Wild; seven are Extinct; eleven are Critically Endangered, facing an extremely high risk of extinction; twenty-six are Endangered, facing a very high risk of extinction; thirty-five are Vulnerable, facing a high risk of extinction; sixty-six are not currently threatened, but could become…