Artiodactyl Ungulates. mammals Vertebrates animal Kingdom. Wildlife. Fauna. Zoology.

Artiodactyl Ungulates

Mammals that have an even number of hooves in each of their limbs belong to this group. Other ungulates, the Perisodáctilos, have the odd number of hooves, but in Spain they are only represented by a domestic species: the horse.

Ungulates are medium and large-sized animals, adapted to the race. For this, the number of fingers on which the weight of the body rests has been reduced to one (Periodactyls) or two (Artiodactyls), although there may be other fingers that are little or not at all functional.

Phytophagous

Being almost exclusively phytophagous, most ungulates lack strong canines with which to attack or defend themselves. Instead they have developed bone structures in the head, the horns, which can be persistent (antlers or true horns) or chaedizos (horns) in this case renewing each year.

Among the Iberian Artiodactyls, the exception is wild boar, with powerful fangs and lacking horns. Of the remaining, the cervids have horns and bovid antlers.

Ruminate

Another peculiar character of the mammals of this group, with the exception of wild boars (Suidos family), is the Rumia. This is that the food, after being swallowed in the field in large quantities and in a short time, in order to shun predators, is later returned to the mouth to be chewed more intensely. This second process takes place when the animals rest calmly and safely. The stomach of ruminants is divided into several portions, usually four.

Sexual dimorphism

In general, the Artiodactyls show sexual dimorphism, the males being greater than the females and with better developed defenses (in the females of the cervids they are totally lacking).

In Spain there are currently seven species of Artiodactyls:

FAMILY	SPECIES
Suidos	Sus scrofa: Wild pig
Cérvidos	Cervus elaphus: Common deer Dama dama: Fallow deer Capreolus capreolus: Roe deer
Bóvidos	Rupricapra rupricapra: Gamuza or Rebeco Capra pyrenaica: Mountain goat Ovis Ammon: Muflon



Other information about fauna in Aragón:

A small list of species in Aragon would be the following:

Vertebrates	Invertebrates
Mammals Red squirrel. Bear. Fox. Artiodactyl Ungulates Deer. Wild pig. Birds Classification of Birds Storks. Capercaillies. Reptiles Amphibians Urodelos.    Marbled Triton.    Webbed Triton.    Pyrenean triton. Anurans. Fishes	Metazoans Arthropods Myriapods Insects Arachnids Spiders Crustaceans Annelids Worm Molluscs Asquelmintos Platelmintos Celentereos Porifera Protozoa
images about the fauna in Aragon.    photographs on invertebrates.    beneficial animals for agriculture.



Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, Geology, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiary that lives in its monuments.

The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo, Monegros or by opposition the Ebro.

Also you can dedicarte to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon.