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Rear hooves of a Horse


A hoof is the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals.

Animals that have hooves walk on the tips of their toes, unlike humans, who walk on the entire foot. There are many animals with hooves including horses, cows, bison, elk, and deer.

Members of Artiodactyla, including sheep, goats, deer, cows and pigs, have an even-number of hooves on each foot, usually two; this is called a cloven hoof, or "parting of the hoof", which plays a role in determining kosher status or its lack, of the animal's flesh. Members of Perissodactyla, including horses, rhinoceroses and tapirs have an odd-number of hooves on each foot.

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The foot is a biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws or nails.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Bison
Hamilton Smith, 1827

Species

†B. antiquus
B. bison
B. bonasus
†B. latifrons
†B. occidentalis
†B.
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C. canadensis

Binomial name
Cervus canadensis
(Erxleben, 1777)[1]

Range of Cervus canadensis


The elk, or wapiti (
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Cervidae
Goldfuss, 1820

Subfamilies

Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae

A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Artiodactyla*
Owen, 1848

Families

Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Moschidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Leptochoeridae †
Dichobunidae †
Cebochoeridae †
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Sus
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Sus barbatus
Sus bucculentus†
Sus cebifrons
Sus celebensis
Sus domestica
Sus falconeri†
Sus heureni

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A cloven hoof is a type of hoof split into two toes, each encased by a layer of horn. This is found on most members within the mammalian order Artiodactyla. Examples of mammals that possess this type of hoof are cows and sheep. Only cloven-hoofed mammals have true horns.
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Perissodactyla
Owen, 1848

Families

Equidae
Tapiridae
Rhinocerotidae
Brontotheriidae (extinct)
Chalicotheriidae (extinct)
Hyracodontidae (extinct)
Palaeotheriidae (extinct)
Amynodontidae (extinct)

The odd-toed ungulates
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