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Dichobunidae is an extinct family of basal artiodactyl mammal They were small animals, averaging about the size of a modern rabbit, had many primitive features. In life, they would have resembled a long-tailed muntjac or chevrotain. Dichobunids had four or five toes on each foot, with each toe ending in a small hoof. They had complete sets of teeth, unlike most later artiodactyls, with their more specialist dentitions. The shape of the teeth suggests they were browsers, feeding on small leaves, perhaps in the forest undergrowth. The shape of their bodies and limbs suggests they would have been fast-running animals, unlike most of their contemporaries. ==Taxonomy== Classification of dichobunids following McKenna and Bell: *† Family Dichobunidae * *''Paraphenacodus'' * *''Dulcidon'' * *''Chorlakkia'' * *''Pakibune'' * *Subfamily Dichobuninae * * *Tribe Hyperdichobunini * * * *''Mouillacitherium'' * * * *''Hyperdichobune'' * * *Tribe Dichobunini * * * *''Aumelasia'' * * * *''Meniscodon'' * * * *''Messelobunodon'' * * * *''Dichobune'' * * * *''Buxobune'' * * * *''Neufferia'' * * * *''Metriotherium'' * * * *''Synaphodus'' * *Subfamily Diacodexeinae * * *''Diacodexis'' * * *''Bunophorus'' * * *''Protodichobune'' * * *''Lutzia'' * * *''Tapochoerus'' * * *''Neodiacodexis'' * *Subfamily Homacodontinae * * *Tribe Bunomerycini * * * *''Bunomeryx'' * * * *''Hylomeryx'' * * * *''Mesomeryx'' * * * *''Mytonomeryx'' * * * *''Pentacemylus'' * * *Tribe Homacodontini * * * *''Hexacodus'' * * * *''Antiacodon'' * * * *''Eygalayodon'' * * * *''Homacodon'' * * * *''Auxontodon'' * * * *''Microsus'' * * * *''Texodon'' * *Subfamily Leptochoerinae * * *''Stibarus'' * * *''Ibarus'' * * *''Laredochoerus'' * * *''Leptochoerus'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dichobunidae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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