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Ungulata
Temporal range: Possible Upper Cretaceous–Present
Donkey in Clovelly, North Devon, England.jpg
Donkey, Equus africanus
Spanish ibex.jpg
Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Ferungulata
Clade:Ungulata
Linnaeus, 1766
Orders and Clades

Ungulates (meaning roughly "hoofed animal") are several groups of mammals. Most of them use the tips of their toes, usually as hooves, to support their body weight while moving.

As a descriptive term, "ungulate" normally excludes cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises), because they do not have most of the typical morphological characteristics of ungulates. However, recent discoveries show that the Cetacea were descended from early artiodactyls.

Ungulates are typically herbivorous and many use specialised gut flora to digest cellulose. Some modern species, such as pigs, are omnivorous. Some prehistoric species, such as the Mesonychia, were carnivorous.

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