A 2007 study by Mendoza and Palmqvist compared the habitats and diets of 134 species of living ungulates, for which this data is known, both Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla, against " 32 craniodental measurements " to discover what correlations exist for the group studied and to test hypotheses concerning hypsodonty and mode of life.
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The typical description in the mythology of a unicorn would have the head and neck and the fine-boned, graceful legs of the horse; the beard and divided hooves of the Capridae; ( part of the Artiodactyla family ) the tail of the oryx; and a single spike spiraling from the forehead.
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The even-toed ungulates ( order Artiodactyla ) are ungulates ( hoofed animals ) whose weight is borne approximately equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in hippopotamuses, camels, llamas, chevrotains ( mouse deer ), deer, giraffes, pronghorn, antelopes, goat-antelopes ( which include sheep, goats and others ), and cattle.
