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=​ ​ __Artiodactyla__ = = = =__Characteristics of Artiodactyla__ = = = = = = __Families in MN__ =
 * Social and live in groups
 * Paraxonic (symmetrical feet)
 * Horns or antlers are often present (used as weapons)
 * Even toed
 * Upper insizer is reduced or absent
 * Herbivores
 * They have two types of fur. They have a under layer for warmth and a outer layer to repel water.
 * Antilocapridae (Pronghorn)
 * Brovidae (Bison)
 * Crevidae (Deer)

**__Diets__** Herbivores They feed on flowers and grass in fields and meadows. They get their food by grazing in fields and picking and nibbling at the grass and corn cobs.

__Animals in this Order__ Pronghorn

​ White-tail Deer

 Caribou

 =Moose = =American Bison = = = = = =<span style="color: #ff9000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Smallest to Biggest__ = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The Artiodactyla range from Pronghorn weighing 100 to 140 pounds all the way up to American Bison that weigh 1,000 to 2,000 pounds.= <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">​ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> __<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Species of Artiodactyla __ There are roughly two-hundred and twenty differents species roaming the fields and plains around planet earth. This is about the average number of species between all of the other orders of mammals.

<span style="color: #3d2361; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">__** What is the meaning behind all of this? **__ Artiodactyla means even toed ungulate. Now you are probably wondering what ungulate means. Well ungulate means a hoofed animal. So if you put it all together you will find the definition of an Artiodactyla to be an even toed, hoofed animal.

<span style="color: #928054; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**<span style="color: #ad4848; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Intesting facts!! **__ A hippopotamus is the heaviest artiodactyla in the world. Artiodactlya order helped to evolve the human race. Artiodactylas give us meat, milk, and leather All farm animals are considered Artiodactylas

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