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===Classification=== {{main|List of artiodactyls}} * '''Order Artiodactyla'''/'''Clade Cetartiodactyla'''<ref name="spaulding2009">{{Cite journal |last1=Spaulding |first1=M |last2=O'Leary |first2=MA |last3=Gatesy |first3=J |year=2009 |editor-last=Farke |editor-first=Andrew Allen |title=Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) Among Mammals: Increased Taxon Sampling Alters Interpretations of Key Fossils and Character Evolution |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=e7062 |bibcode=2009PLoSO...4.7062S |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0007062 |pmc=2740860 |pmid=19774069 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Groves |first1=Colin P. |title=Ungulate Taxonomy |last2=Grubb |first2=Peter |date=2011 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-1-4214-0093-8 |location=Baltimore, Maryland |page=25}}</ref> ** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Diacodexeidae]] ** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Amphimerycidae]] ** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Robiacinidae]] ** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Cainotheriidae]] **'''Suborder [[Tylopoda]]''' *** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Anoplotheriidae]]? *** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Merycoidodontidae]] *** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Agriochoeridae]] *** Family [[Camelidae]]: [[camel]]s, [[llama]]s, [[alpaca]]s, [[vicuΓ±a]]s, and [[guanaco]]s (7 extant and 13 extinct species) *** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Oromerycidae]] *** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Xiphodontidae]]? *** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Protoceratidae]]? ** '''Clade [[Artiofabula]]''' ***'''Suborder [[Suina]]''' **** Family [[Suidae]]: pigs (19 species) **** Family [[Tayassuidae]]: peccaries (4 species) **** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Sanitheriidae]] ****Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Doliochoeridae]] *** '''Clade [[Cetruminantia]]''' ****'''Clade [[Cetancodontamorpha]]''' ***** Genus {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}''[[Andrewsarchus]]''? ***** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Entelodontidae]] ***** '''Suborder [[Whippomorpha]]''' ****** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Raoellidae]] ****** Superfamily [[Dichobunoidea]] β paraphyletic to Cetacea and Raoellidae ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Dichobunidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Helohyidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Choeropotamidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Cebochoeridae]] (Family contains [[Cebochoerus]]) ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Mixtotheriidae]] ****** '''Infraorder [[Ancodonta]]''' ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Anthracotheriidae]] β paraphyletic to Hippopotamidae ******* Family [[Hippopotamidae]]: hippos (two species) ****** '''Infraorder [[Cetacea]]''': whales (about 90 species) *******'''Parvorder {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Archaeoceti]]''' ******** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Pakicetidae]] ******** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Ambulocetidae]] ******** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Remingtonocetidae]] ******** Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Basilosauridae]] ******* '''Clade [[Neoceti]]''' ******** '''Parvorder [[Mysticeti]]''': baleen whales ********* Superfamily Balaenoidea: [[right whale]]s ********** Family [[Balaenidae]]: greater [[right whale]]s (four species) ********** Family [[Cetotheriidae]]: [[pygmy right whale]] (one species) ********* Superfamily Balaenopteroidea: large [[baleen whale]]s ********** Family [[Balaenopteridae]]: [[Balaenoptera|slender-back rorquals]] and [[humpback whale]] (eight species) ********** Family [[Eschrichtiidae]]: [[gray whale]] (one species) ******** '''Parvorder [[Odontoceti]]''': toothed whales ********* Superfamily [[Delphinoidea]]: [[oceanic dolphin]]s, [[porpoise]]s, and others ********** Family [[Delphinidae]]: [[Oceanic dolphin|oceanic true dolphins]] (38 species) ********** Family [[Monodontidae]]: [[Monodontidae|Arctic whales]]; [[narwhal]] and [[Beluga whale|beluga]] (two species) ********** Family [[Phocoenidae]]: [[porpoise]]s (six species) ********* Superfamily [[Physeteroidea]]: [[Physeteroidea|sperm whales]] ********** Family [[Kogiidae]]: [[Kogiidae|lesser sperm whales]] (two species) ********** Family [[Physeteridae]]: [[sperm whale]] (one species) ********* Superfamily [[Platanistoidea]]: [[river dolphin]]s ********** Family [[Iniidae]]: [[Iniidae|South American river dolphins]] (two species) ********** Family [[Lipotidae]]: [[Chinese river dolphin]] (one species, possibly extinct) ********** Family [[Platanistidae]]: [[South Asian river dolphin]] (one species) ********** Family [[Pontoporiidae]]: [[La Plata dolphin]] (one species) ********* Superfamily Ziphioidea ********** Family [[Ziphiidae]]: [[beaked whale]]s (22 species) **** '''Total-group Ruminantia''' ***** '''Suborder [[Ruminantia]]''' ****** '''Infraorder [[Tragulina]]''' ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Leptomerycidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Hypertragulidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Praetragulidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Gelocidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Bachitheriidae]] ******* Family [[Tragulidae]]: chevrotains (ten species) ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Archaeomerycidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Lophiomerycidae]] ****** '''Infraorder [[Pecora]]''' ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Palaeomerycidae]] ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Dromomerycidae]] ******* Family [[Antilocapridae]]: [[pronghorn]] (one species) ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Climacoceratidae]] ******* Family [[Giraffidae]]: [[okapi]] and four species of [[giraffe]] (five species total) ******* Family {{Abbr|β |Extinct}}[[Hoplitomerycidae]] ******* Family [[Cervidae]]: [[deer]] (49 species) ******* Family [[Moschidae]]: [[musk deer]] (7 species) ******* Family [[Bovidae]]: [[Bos|cattle]], [[Bubalina|buffaloes]], [[Capra (genus)|goat]]s, [[Ovis|sheep]], [[antelope]]s, [[Caprinae|caprine]]s, and [[bison]] (135 species)
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