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GRANDORDER UNGULATA ORDERS: Condylarthra extinct ancestral Mesonychia ungulates Perissodactyla “odd-toed” ungulates Artiodactyla “even-toed” ungulates Litopterna Notoungulata Pyrotheria extinct South American Xenungulata ungulates Astrapotheria Tubulidentata - aardvark Proboscidea – elephants “subungulate” Hyracoidea – hyraxes orders Sirenia – manatees/dugongs Cetacea whales
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PLACENTAL PHYLOGENY (nuclear genes)
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1 species
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3 genera, 6 species
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PROBOSCIDEAN PHYLOGENY
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DEINOTHERIDAE
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GOMPHOTHERIIDAE Gomphotherium Platybelodon
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MASTODONTIDAE Mammut
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ELEPHANTIDAE
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PROBOSCIDEAN TEETH ELEPHANT MASTODON
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2 species (1 extinct) 3 species
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Arctocyon Sinonyx ORDER MESONYCHIA
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Pachyaena Diatryma
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ORDER MESONYCHIA
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CETACEAN PHYLOGENY
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SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
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17 genera, 32 species
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4 genera, 6 species
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4 genera, 5 species
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2 genera, 2 species
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6 genera, 19 species
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2 genera, 3 species
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SUBORDER MYSTICETI
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2 genera, 3 species 1 species
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2 genera, 6 species
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ODONTOCETES MYSTICETES SIZE mostly small (<5 m) large males > females in size females > males VOCALIZATION high-frequency sounds low-frequency (some) echolocation communication & communication DIET vertebrates filter-feeding MOVEMENTS mainly local migratory Physeter migratory SOCIAL STRUCTURE variable in both groups, including harem polygyny, small female kin groups, seasonal migratory groups.
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