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2. List of artiodactyls - Wikipedia

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   The order Artiodactyla consists of 349 extant species belonging to 132 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 132 genera can be grouped into 23 families; these families are grouped into named suborders and many are further grouped into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named subfamilies.

3. Historia animalium (Gessner book) - Wikipedia

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   Hunting dogs, Book 1. The Historia animalium was Gessner's magnum opus, and was the most widely read of all the Renaissance natural histories.The generously illustrated work was so popular that Gessner's abridgement, Thierbuch ("Animal Book"), was published in Zurich in 1563, and in England Edward Topsell translated and condensed it as a Historie of foure-footed beastes (London: William ...

4. List of perissodactyls - Wikipedia

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   List of perissodactyls. Three perissodactyl species (clockwise from left): plains zebra (Equus quagga), Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Perissodactyla is an order of placental mammals composed of odd-toed ungulates – hooved animals which bear weight on one or three of their five toes with ...

5. History of Animals - Wikipedia

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   History of Animals (Greek: Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν, Ton peri ta zoia historion, "Inquiries on Animals"; Latin: Historia Animalium, "History of Animals") is one of the major texts on biology by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who had studied at Plato's Academy in Athens. It was written in the fourth century BC ...

6. Generation of Animals - Wikipedia

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   For example, while one of the two principal topics covered in book I is the function of semen (gone, sperma), this account is not finalised until partway through book II. Book I (715a – 731b) Chapter 1 begins with Aristotle claiming to have already addressed the parts of animals, referencing the author's work of the same name.

7. Lists of prehistoric animals - Wikipedia

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   List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record. List of plesiosaur genera. List of prehistoric malacostracans. List of prehistoric medusozoan genera. List of prehistoric nautiloid genera. List of prehistoric ostracod genera. List of prehistoric sea cucumbers. List of prehistoric sponge genera. List of trilobite genera.

8. Evolution of cetaceans - Wikipedia

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   The evolution of cetaceans is thought to have begun in the Indian subcontinent from even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) 50 million years ago (mya) and to have proceeded over a period of at least 15 million years. [2] Cetaceans are fully aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla and branched off from other artiodactyls around 50 mya.

9. List of megafauna discovered in modern times - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of megafauna discovered by science since the beginning of the 19th century (with their respective date of discovery). Some of these may have been known to native peoples or reported anecdotally but had not been generally acknowledged as confirmed by the scientific world, until conclusive evidence was obtained for formal studies.