#artiodactyla

[slopforhogs]

Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu/Pecari tajacu) “Javelina aka Collared Peccary” by Larry Lamsa, CC BY 2.0 (x)

[mammalianmammals]

Javelina aka Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajacu), male, family Tayassuidae, Arizona, USA

photograph by Sheryl Hester

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Who needs chromosomes? Certainly not the Indian muntjac! Indian muntjac deer have the lowest chromosome count of any mammal, with 6 in females and 7 in males. That's fewer chromosomes than a fruit fly!

(Image: An Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) by Charles Currin)

[all-mammal-creechur]

Oliver's Warty Pig Sus oliveri

A small species in the pig genus (Sus) which can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the central Philippines.

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[snototter]

Green pond frogs (Euphlyctis hexadactylus) perch on an Asiatic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Kumana National Park, Sri Lanka

by Gary Stephenson

[life-on-our-planet]

Melanistic fallow deer filmed by Jakub Wencek in the forests of Barycz Valley.

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[mariolanzas]

ARTIODACTYLA size chart

Artiodactyls are a very diverse group of mammals, mostly herbivores easily recognizable for their double hoofs. Deers, Camels or Hippos belong to this group. Although it's not obvious at first sight, whales also derived from this lineage, representing one of the best examples of evolution and adaptation in Natural History

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