Paenungulata

Question 1

large size, columnar limbs with graviportal movement, digitgrade, , enlarged skull, reduced neck, tusk like incisors, elongated trunk, simple stomach, testes stored in abdomen, herbivores, highly social matriarchal herds, few natural predators

Answer 1

order proboscidae
elephants

Question 2

Loxodonta africana

Answer 2

African Savanna elephant, large ears with a concave spine

Question 3

Loxodonta cyclotis

Answer 3

African forest elephant, large ears with a concave spine

Question 4

Elephas maximas

Answer 4

Asian elephant, overall smaller, small ears, convex spine

Question 5

completely aquatic herbivores, fossils date to early Eocene, very heavy, nearly hairless, have thick skin, thick dentary with massive inner ear bones, valvular nostrils, tail is a horizontal fluke, large columnar cheek teeth, slow moving grazers with very low metabolisms, lack body fat restricting them to warm climates, long lived with low reproductive rates

Answer 5

order Sirenia
duodongs, and manatees

Question 6

live in Africa, Arabia, Israel, and Syria, very dense pelage, exceedingly short tails with hind quarters that appear crouched, small short ears, plantigrade feet - spread out, mesaxonic - divided through the middle digit, short flat hoof like nails,

Answer 6

order Hyracoidea
hyraxes