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Bachelor herds; Even-toed ungulates; Herding; Home range; Migration; Movement; Predator swamping; Space use

Definition

Characteristic movements and behaviors exhibited by members of the mammalian taxonomic order Artiodactyla that best meet their survival and fitness needs.

Introduction

Even-toed ungulates, classified in the diverse order Artiodactyla, traverse landscapes in their home ranges and migration routes in ways that best serve their needs to survive and reproduce. According to the IUCN Red List, there are 10 families within Artiodactyla (e.g., Bovidae, Cervidae, Giraffidae, Suidae, and others) including the recent consolidation with the 13 families of order Cetacea (i.e., Balaenopteridae, Delphinidae, Phocoenidae, etc.) to form the proposed monophyletic order Cetartiodactyla (International Union for the Conservation of Nature, n.d.). This group of marine mammals has been shown to display the closest genetic relatedness to artiodactyls compared to any other taxon...

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    Clifton B. Burns & Kristine O. Evans

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Burns, C.B., Evans, K.O. (2019). Artiodactyla Navigation. In: Vonk, J., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_815-1

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