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Also Known As	Artiodactyla • even-toed ungulate • cloven-hooved mammal

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Suiformes tylopod ruminant Archaeomeryx oreodont Camelidae hypertragulid Palaeodonta camel peccary primate perissodactyl cetacean bat carnivore rodent insectivore pangolin sirenian lagomorph

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