Environmental Thesaurus

Last uploaded: September 14, 2024
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ID

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20639

Preferred Name

ungulates

Synonyms

hoofed mammals

Definitions

[Henderson's] n.plu. hoofed mammals. see Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla. , "Ungulates are a diverse group of large mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. The term means, roughly, being hoofed or hoofed animal. As a descriptive term, ungulate normally excludes cetaceans, as they do not possess most of the typical morphological characteristics of ungulates; recent discoveries indicate that they are descended from early artiodactyls, and thus are directly related to other even-toed ungulates such as cattle, with hippopotamuses being their closest living relatives. As a result of these discoveries, the new order Cetartiodactyla has been proposed to include the members of Artiodactyla and Cetacea, to reflect their common ancestry; however, strictly speaking, this is merely a matter of nomenclature, since it is possible simply to recognize Cetacea as a subgroup of Artiodactyla. [DBPedia]

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Type

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

scopeNote

LTER EU controlled vocabulary

altLabel

hoofed mammals

creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

definition

[Henderson's] n.plu. hoofed mammals. see Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla. , "Ungulates are a diverse group of large mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. The term means, roughly, being hoofed or hoofed animal. As a descriptive term, ungulate normally excludes cetaceans, as they do not possess most of the typical morphological characteristics of ungulates; recent discoveries indicate that they are descended from early artiodactyls, and thus are directly related to other even-toed ungulates such as cattle, with hippopotamuses being their closest living relatives. As a result of these discoveries, the new order Cetartiodactyla has been proposed to include the members of Artiodactyla and Cetacea, to reflect their common ancestry; however, strictly speaking, this is merely a matter of nomenclature, since it is possible simply to recognize Cetacea as a subgroup of Artiodactyla. [DBPedia]

prefLabel

ungulates

created

2016-03-31

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20591

modified

2018-06-18

exactMatch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ungulates

http://dbpedia.org/resource.Ungulate

http://dbpedia.org/resource.Ungulates

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8065

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