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artiodàctils

An order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes.

artiodàctils
1
In the Artiodactyla the stomach is always complex, the complexity reaching a maximum in ruminating forms.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
These differ materially from the foregoing section of the Artiodactyla by the construction of their digestive organs.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon