| Ungulates |
| Unglate is a super order that contains many of the animals on the Serengeti, and since there are so many, I've broken them down by order and suborder. Ungulate roughly means "hoofed", or an animal with hooves. |
| Perissodactyla | |
| These are the odd-toed ungulates, and are large browsing and grazing mammals with simple stomachs. This order is broken down into two families- Hippomorpha (zebras) and Ceratomorpha (rhinos). |
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| Artiodactyla | |
| These are the even-toed ungulates, and break down into three
suborders- Suina (pig group), Tylopoda (camel group), and Ruminantia
(goats and cattle group). Most of them have multi-chambered stomachs
that are able to better extract nutrients from hard-to-digest grasses, and
many regurgitate partially digested grass for further chewing (the cud).
This order contains a large number of species, as you will see in the
gallery here. Due to the large number of Artiodactylas, I have separated them into four galleries, so they will be a little more friendly for slower downloads. They are in alphabetical order. Artiodactyla
Gallery 1 (Cape Buffalo to Eland) |
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| Proboscidea & Hyracoidea | |
| There are only three surviving members of the Proboscidea suborder,
and all three are elephants (African Bush, African Forest, and Asian- all
photos here are of African Bush Elephants). The now-extinct Wooly
Mammoth was a member of this suborder. Since the numbers are small, I've also put the Hyradoidea here- the Hyrax. There are only four species within this group, and they are closely related. Interestingly, the hyrax is possibly the closest living relative of the elephant, despite the huge size different. |
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