Tylopoda ( camels, llamas and alpacas ) and the chevrotains have a three-chambered stomach while the rest of Ruminantia have four-chambered stomachs.

Tylopoda, on the other hand, are extremely conservative in their lifestyle and ( like ruminants ) seem to have utilized the same ecological niche since their origin over 40 million years ago.

Thus it seems that the previous assumption of a close relationship between Tylopoda and ruminants is simply due to the fact that all other close relatives ( whales, pigs etc ) are so divergent in their adaptations as to have obsured most indications of relationship, or at least those visible to phenetic analyses.

However, the rather basal position that Tylopoda appear to have among the even-toed ungulates and relatives means that the oldest members of this lineage are still morphologically very primitive and hard to distinguish from the ancestors of related lineages.

They do not have hooves, rather a two-toed foot with toenails and a soft footpad ( Tylopoda is Latin for " padded foot ").

This section consists of a single family, Camelidae, the other sections of the same great division being the Suina or pigs, the Tragulina or chevrotains, and the Pecora or true ruminants, to each of which the Tylopoda have some affinity, standing in some respects in a central position between them, borrowing some characters from each, but showing special modifications not found in any of the others.

None of these transitional forms have been found in Old World strata ; North America was the original home of the Tylopoda.

The Cebochoeridae and Protoceratidae on the other hand are prehistoric families that were occasionally placed in the Tylopoda in the past, but seem to be more closely related to ruminants than to camels.

The first major modern and comprehensive analysis of the problem ( in 2009 ) supported this ; while some taxa traditionally considered Tylopoda could be confirmed to belong to this suborder ( and a few refuted ), the delimitation of this group is still very much disputed despite ( or because of ) an extensive fossil record.

The taxa currently assigned at with some reliability to Tylopoda are: ( tentatively placed here )

Several additional prehistoric ( cet ) artiodactyl taxa are sometimes assigned to the Tylopoda, but other authors consider them incertae sedis or basal lineages among the ( Cet ) artiodactyla:

Asterisk ( ruminant ) represents the omasum, which is absent in Tylopoda ( Tylopoda also has some cardiac glands opening onto ventral Reticulum ( anatomy ) | reticulum and rumen ) Many other variations exist among the mammals.

The position of cetaceans ( whales and dolphins ) with regard to Tylopoda poses a central problem.

The genera Lama and Vicugna are, with the two species of true camels, the sole existing representatives of a very distinct section of the Artiodactyla or even-toed ungulates, called Tylopoda, or " bump-footed ", from the peculiar bumps on the soles of their feet.

The Tylopoda consists of a single family, the Camelidae, and shares the order Artiodactyla with the Suina ( pigs ), the Tragulina ( chevrotains ), the Pecora ( ruminants ), and the Cetancodonta ( hippos and cetaceans, which belong to Artiodactyla from a cladistic, if not traditional, standpoint ).

The main problem with circumscription of the Tylopoda is that the extensive fossil record of camel-like mammals has not yet been thoroughly examined from a cladistic standpoint.

These camelids are, with the two species of true camels, the sole extant representatives of a distinct section of Artiodactyla ( even-toed ungulates ) called Tylopoda, or " hump-footed ," from the peculiar bumps on the soles of their feet.

Rumination occurs in the ruminants ( Ruminantia and Tylopoda ), whereby food is regurgitated and rechewed then broken down by microbes in the stomach.

Taxonomically, the suborder Ruminantia includes all those species except the camels, llamas, and alpacas, which are Tylopoda.

Camels and llamas are among the exceptions, a suborder known as Tylopoda.

Tylopoda ( meaning " swollen foot ") is a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to the order Artiodactyla.

Tylopoda appeared during the Eocene around 46. 2 million years ago.

Tylopoda has only one extant family, Camelidae, which includes camels, llamas, guanacos, alpacas and vicuñas.

Tylopoda is a highly distinctive lineage among the artiodactyls, but its exact relationships are somewhat elusive due to the fact that the six living species are all closely related and can be considered " living fossils ", the sole surviving lineage of a prehistorically wildly successful radiation.

Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only living family in the suborder Tylopoda.

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