Artiodactyla

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Artiodactyla is an order of mammals that includes even-toed ungulates, which bear weight equally on two of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing posteriorly. Artiodactyla is divided into four suborders: Ruminantia, Suina, Tylopoda, and Whippomorpha.