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CowsFamily:Bovidae


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SheepFamily:Bovidae


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Mountain GoatsFamily:Bovidae


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Mountain GoatFamily:Bovidae


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Sable AntelopeFamily:Bovidae


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Wild BoarFamily:Suidae

Wildschwein
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Chacoan PeccaryFamily:Tayassuidae


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HippopotamusFamily:Hippopotamidae


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HippopotamusFamily:Hippopotamidae

With calf.
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CamelFamily:Camelidae


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LlamaFamily:Camelidae


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Lesser Mouse DeerFamily:Tragulidae


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Lesser Mouse DeerFamily:Tragulidae


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Musk DeerFamily:Moschidae


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PuduFamily:Cervidae


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Gray BrocketFamily:Cervidae


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MuntjacFamily:Cervidae


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ElkFamily:Cervidae


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PronghornFamily:Antilocapridae


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PronghornFamily:Antilocapridae


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GiraffeFamily:Giraffidae


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GiraffeFamily:Giraffidae


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GiraffeFamily:Giraffidae


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10 Families, 240 Species
Antelopes, hippopotamus, giraffes, deer, cattle, sheep, goats, swine
Worldwide (not Antarctica)
Digits mostly reduced to two or four per foot, mainly herbivorous
2.5 to 3,600 kg.

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