Zooamata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Scrotifera |
| Clade: | Pegasoferae |
| Clade: | Zooamata Waddell, 1999[1] |
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Zooamata ("animal friends") is a proposal for a
ungulates
).
Zoomata was proposed as one of the competing arrangements for the interordinal relationships of placental mammals within
Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and whales) together form Scrotifera
.
The name of this clade is constructed from Greek and Latin to mean "animal friends", a reference to the inclusion of cats, dogs, and horses, all of which have been domesticated by humans.
Subsequent molecular studies have generally failed to support the proposal.Euungulata, as a sister to the Ferae, in Scrotifera received stronger support.
Phylogeny
The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic relationships of laurasiatherian mammals following Nishihara et al. (2006).[2]
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References
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