Cetruminantia

Cetruminantia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Clade: Artiofabula
Clade: Cetruminantia
Waddell et al. 1999
Subgroups

The Cetruminantia are a clade made up of the Cetancodontamorpha (or Whippomorpha) and their closest living relatives, the Ruminantia.

Cetruminantia's placement within Artiodactyla can be represented in the following cladogram:

  Artiodactyla  

Tylopoda (camels)

  Artiofabula  

  Suina (pigs)

  Cetruminantia  

 Ruminantia (ruminants)

  Whippomorpha  

  Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)

  Cetacea (whales)

  (or Cetancodonta)  
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