Hoofed Animals (Ungulates)

All hoofed animals belong to the family of ungulates, widely divided into two sub-categories. These are the even-toed ungulates – animals that place most of their body weight on two of their toes on each limb – and the odd-toed ungulates – fauna that relies on three of their toes concerning their body weight.

Interestingly, cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, are also classified under the same family, even though they do not have hooves. This is because they have evolved from the same ancestors.

Most hoofed animals are herbivorous, though some, like pigs and boars, are omnivorous. They also tend to be ruminating animals, possessing gut bacteria that help break down the complex substances in plants for easy consumption.

Animals with Hoofs

List of Animals that have Hooves

Even-toed Ungulates

  • Abbott’s Duiker
  • Addax
  • Aders’s Duiker
  • African Buffalo
  • Alpaca
  • Alpine Ibex
  • Alpine Musk Deer
  • Amazonian Brown Brocket
  • American Bison
  • Anhui Musk Deer
  • Arabian Gazelle
  • Arabian Oryx
  • Arabian Sand Gazelle
  • Arabian Tahr
  • Argali
  • Aurochs
  • Bactrian Camel
  • Baiji
  • Bali Cattle
  • Banteng
  • Barasingha
  • Barbary Sheep
  • Bates’s Pygmy Antelope
  • Bawean Deer
  • Bay Duiker
  • Beira
  • Bharal
  • Bighorn Sheep
  • Black Duiker
  • Black Musk Deer
  • Black Wildebeest
  • Blackbuck
  • Black-fronted Duiker
  • Blue Duiker
  • Blue Wildebeest
  • Bluebuck
  • Bohor Reedbuck
  • Bongo
  • Bontebok
  • Bornean Bearded Pig
  • Bornean Yellow Muntjac
  • Brooke’s Duiker
  • Buru babirusa
  • Bushpig
  • Calamian Deer
  • Cape grysbok
  • Cattle
  • Celebes Warty Pig
  • Central American Red Brocket
  • Central Asian Red Deer
  • Chacoan Peccary
  • Chamois
  • Chinese Goral
  • Chinkara
  • Chital
  • Collared Peccary
  • Common Duiker
  • Common Eland
  • Common Warthog
  • Cuvier’s Gazelle
  • Dall Sheep
  • Dama Gazelle
  • Desert Warthog
  • Dibatag
  • Domestic Yak
  • Dorcas Gazelle
  • Dromedary
  • Dwarf Brocket
  • Dwarf Musk Deer
  • East African Oryx
  • East Caucasian Tur
  • Eld’s Deer
  • Elk
  • Erlanger’s Gazelle
  • European Bison
  • European Fallow Deer
  • Fea’s Muntjac
  • Four-horned Antelope
  • Gaur
  • Gayal
  • Gemsbok
  • Gerenuk
  • Giant Eland
  • Giant Forest Hog
  • Giant Muntjac
  • Goa
  • Goitered Gazelle
  • Gongshan Muntjac
  • Grant’s Gazelle
  • Gray Brocket
  • Greater Kudu
  • Greater Mouse-deer
  • Grey Rhebok
  • Guanaco
  • Günther’s Dik-dik
  • Hairy-fronted Muntjac
  • Harnessed Bushbuck
  • Hartebeest
  • Heuglin’s Gazelle
  • Himalayan Goral
  • Himalayan Tahr
  • Hippopotamus
  • Hirola
  • Iberian Ibex
  • Impala
  • Indian Hog Deer
  • Indian Muntjac
  • Indian Spotted Chevrotain
  • Japanese Serow
  • Java Mouse-deer
  • Javan Rusa
  • Javan Warty Pig
  • Jentink’s Duiker
  • Kashmir Musk Deer
  • Kirk’s Dik-dik
  • Klipspringer
  • Kob
  • Kouprey
  • Leaf Muntjac
  • Lechwe
  • Lesser Kudu
  • Lesser Mouse-deer
  • Little Red Brocket
  • Llama
  • Long-tailed Goral
  • Lowland Anoa
  • Mainland Serow
  • Markhor
  • Marsh Deer
  • Masai Giraffe
  • Maxwell’s Duiker
  • Mérida Brocket
  • Mongalla Gazelle
  • Mongolian Gazelle
  • Moose
  • Mouflon
  • Mountain Anoa
  • Mountain Gazelle
  • Mountain Goat
  • Mountain Nyala
  • Mountain Reedbuck
  • Mule Deer
  • Muskox
  • Nile Lechwe
  • Nilgai
  • Nilgiri Tahr
  • North Sulawesi Babirusa
  • Northern Giraffe
  • Northern Pudú
  • Nubian Ibex
  • Nyala
  • Ogilby’s Duiker
  • Okapi
  • Oliver’s Warty Pig
  • Oribi
  • Palawan Bearded Pig
  • Pampas Deer
  • Père David’s Deer
  • Persian Fallow Deer
  • Peters’s Duiker
  • Philippine Deer
  • Philippine Mouse-deer
  • Philippine Warty Pig
  • Pronghorn
  • Przewalski’s Gazelle
  • Pu Hoat Muntjac
  • Puku
  • Pygmy Brocket
  • Pygmy Hippopotamus
  • Pygmy Hog
  • Pyrenean Chamois
  • Red Brocket
  • Red Deer
  • Red Forest Duiker
  • Red Gazelle
  • Red Goral
  • Red River Hog
  • Red Serow
  • Red-flanked Duiker
  • Red-fronted Gazelle
  • Reeves’s Muntjac
  • Reindeer
  • Reticulated Giraffe
  • Rhim Gazelle
  • Roan Antelope
  • Roe Deer
  • Roosevelt’s Muntjac
  • Royal Antelope
  • Sable Antelope
  • Saiga Antelope
  • Salt’s Dik-dik
  • Sambar Deer
  • Saola
  • Schomburgk’s Deer
  • Scimitar Oryx
  • Sharpe’s Grysbok
  • Sheep
  • Siberian Ibex
  • Siberian Musk Deer
  • Siberian Roe Deer
  • Sika Deer
  • Silver Dik-dik
  • Sitatunga
  • Small Red Brocket
  • Snow Sheep
  • Soemmerring’s Gazelle
  • South Andean Deer
  • Southern Giraffe
  • Southern Pudú
  • Southern Reedbuck
  • Speke’s Gazelle
  • Springbok
  • Sri Lankan Spotted Chevrotain
  • Steenbok
  • Suni
  • Taiwan Serow
  • Takin
  • Tamaraw
  • Taruca
  • Thomson’s Gazelle
  • Thorold’s Deer
  • Tibetan Antelope
  • Togian Babirusa
  • Topi
  • Truong Son Muntjac
  • Tucuxi
  • Tufted Deer
  • Urial
  • Vicuña
  • Vietnam Mouse-deer
  • Visayan Spotted deer
  • Visayan Warty pig
  • Walia Ibex
  • Walter’s Duiker
  • Water Buffalo
  • Water Chevrotain
  • Water Deer
  • Waterbuck
  • West Caucasian Tur
  • Weyns’s Duiker
  • White-bellied Duiker
  • White-bellied Musk Deer
  • White-legged Duiker
  • White-lipped Peccary
  • White-tailed Deer
  • Wild Bactrian Camel
  • Wild Boar
  • Wild Goat
  • Wild Water Buffalo
  • Wild Yak
  • Williamson’s Mouse-deer
  • Yellow-backed Duiker
  • Yellow-striped Chevrotain
  • Yucatan Brown Brocket
  • Zebra Duiker
  • Zebu

Odd-toed Ungulates

FAQs

What animals with hooves live in Africa?

Addax, buffaloes, gazelles, giraffes, hippotami, rhinoceroses, zebras, etc.

What is the smallest animal with hoofs?

Chevrotain

What animals with hooves live in Australia?

There are no hoofed animals native to Australia.

Which hoofed animals live in tropical regions?

Bongos, okapi, pygmy hippos, etc.

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