Artiodactyla

The listings for the Artiodactyla include a number of species not occurring in the desert Southwest and omits several introduced forms.

• Order Artiodactyla: Artiodactyls
• Suborder Suiformes: Pig-like Artiodactyls
• Family Suidae: Pigs
• Sus scrofa: Domestic Pig, Wild Boar
• Family Tayassuidae: Peccaries
• Pecari tajacu: Collared Peccary
• Suborder Tylopoda: Camel-like Artiodactyls
• Family Camelidae: Camels
• Suborder Ruminantia: Ruminants
• Superfamily Cervoidea: Deer-like Ruminants
• Family Antilocapridae: Pronghorns
• Antilocapra americana: Pronghorn
• Family Cervidae: Deer
• Alces alces: Moose
• Cervus canadensis: Elk
• Odocoileus hemionus: Mule Deer
• Odocoileus virginianus: White-tailed Deer
• Rangifer tarandus: Caribou
• Superfamily Giraffoidea: Giraffe-like Artiodactyls
• Family Giraffidae: Giraffes
• Superfamily Bovoidea: Cattle and Antelope-like Artiodactyls
• Family Bovidae: Cattle, Antelope, Sheep, Goats, and kin
• Subfamily Antilopinae: Antelopes
• Subfamily Caprinae: Goats and Sheep
• Ammotragus lervia: Aoudad (Barbary Sheep)
• Capra hircus: Goat
• Ovis aries: Domestic Sheep
• Ovis canadensis: Bighorn Sheep
• Oreamnos americanus: Mountain Goat
• Ovibos moschatus: Muskox
• Subfamily Bovinae: Bovines
• Bos taurus: Cattle
• Bos bison: American Bison

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Latest Update: 18 Jul 2005