enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mulefoot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulefoot

    The Mulefoot likely originated with swine brought to the Gulf Coast by the Spanish; however, exactly when they originated as a syndactyl animal is not clear. While pigs with single hooves are found in writings as far back as Aristotle, the Mulefoot is the only population to be considered a breed, having an established standard type. [2]

  3. Ungulate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungulate

    Cloven hooves of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), with dewclaws. The hoof is the tip of the toe of an ungulate mammal, strengthened by a thick horny covering. The hoof consists of a hard or rubbery sole, and a hard wall formed by a thick nail rolled around the tip of the toe. Both the sole and the edge of the hoof wall normally bear the weight ...

  4. Hoof - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoof

    The hoof (pl.: hooves) is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, which is covered and strengthened with a thick and horny keratin covering. [1] Artiodactyls are even-toed ungulates, species whose feet have an even number of digits; the ruminants with two digits are the most numerous, e.g. giraffe, deer, bison, cattle, goats, gazelles, pigs ...

  5. Pig - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig

    [135] [142] [143] In art, pigs have been represented in a wide range of media and styles from the earliest times in many cultures. [144] Pig names are used in idioms and animal epithets, often derogatory, since pigs have long been linked with dirtiness and greed, [145] [146] while places such as Swindon are named for their association with ...

  6. Artiodactyl - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiodactyl

    The Suina and hippopotamuses have a relatively large number of teeth (with some pigs having 44); their dentition is more adapted to a squeezing mastication, which is characteristic of omnivores. Camels and ruminants have fewer teeth; there is often a yawning diastema , a designated gap in the teeth where the molars are aligned for crushing ...

  7. List of fictional humanoid species in video games - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_humanoid...

    Minecraft: Endermen are tall, black neutral mobs from the End that have the ability to teleport and pick up blocks. [3] Genies RimWorld: Engineered to be great researchers and craftsmen, at the cost of being delicate and socially awkward. They are always bald and never grow facial hair, and sport elongated fingers that aid in manipulation. Gerudo

  8. Warthog - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog

    They are pigs who live in open and semi-open habitats, even in quite arid regions, in sub-Saharan Africa. The two species were formerly considered conspecific under the scientific name Phacochoerus aethiopicus , but today this is limited to the desert warthog , while the best-known and most widespread species, the common warthog (or simply ...

  9. Common warthog - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_warthog

    The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. [1] [2] In the past, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of P. aethiopicus, but today that scientific name is restricted to the desert warthog of northern Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia.