Cetruminantia

Cetruminantia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
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)