How to Use ungulate in a Sentence

ungulate

1 of 2 adjective

• How about the final final straw, the one that could have filled a whole barn with ungulate fodder bound up in bales eight feet high?
  — T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
• For example, rodent and ungulate species may transmit more viruses to us, but there are a lot of species in these groups.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2020
• For years, wildlife agencies across the country have taken the model used to manage ungulate species like deer, elk and moose and applied it to carnivores.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022
• Animal Adventure Park took the world by storm with its 24-hour feed of April and her ungulate family.
  — Kim Komando, Fox News, 7 May 2017
• That was surprising, because the ungulate-rich region should have been great territory for the graceful and speedy cats.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
• The kinds of journeys made by ungulate species likely reflect variations in the predictability of food sources and weather patterns, Kauffman says.
  — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022
• This has caused many problems for Goody because animals such as cows, horses and giraffes put about 70 percent of their weight on their front legs, said Melissa McCartney, lead ungulate zookeeper.
  — Carolyn Wilke, sacbee, 18 Aug. 2017
• Though some research has found cattle also prefer to graze alongside prairie dogs, the rodent-ungulate relationship is fickle in ways that aren’t fully understood.
  — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
• For one, ungulate herds probably reached the critical population size long before humans did.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 30 Dec. 2019
• Since the department implemented game codes in 1984, ungulate populations on the Wind River Indian Reservation have soared.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2020
• These management practices have demonstrated low success rates for grizzly hunters, with positive effects on the ungulate populations and very strong bear populations.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2020
• How about the final final straw, the one that could have filled a whole barn with ungulate fodder bound up in bales eight feet high?
  — T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
• For example, rodent and ungulate species may transmit more viruses to us, but there are a lot of species in these groups.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2020
• For years, wildlife agencies across the country have taken the model used to manage ungulate species like deer, elk and moose and applied it to carnivores.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022
• Animal Adventure Park took the world by storm with its 24-hour feed of April and her ungulate family.
  — Kim Komando, Fox News, 7 May 2017
• That was surprising, because the ungulate-rich region should have been great territory for the graceful and speedy cats.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
• The kinds of journeys made by ungulate species likely reflect variations in the predictability of food sources and weather patterns, Kauffman says.
  — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022
• This has caused many problems for Goody because animals such as cows, horses and giraffes put about 70 percent of their weight on their front legs, said Melissa McCartney, lead ungulate zookeeper.
  — Carolyn Wilke, sacbee, 18 Aug. 2017
• Though some research has found cattle also prefer to graze alongside prairie dogs, the rodent-ungulate relationship is fickle in ways that aren’t fully understood.
  — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
• For one, ungulate herds probably reached the critical population size long before humans did.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 30 Dec. 2019
• Since the department implemented game codes in 1984, ungulate populations on the Wind River Indian Reservation have soared.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2020
• These management practices have demonstrated low success rates for grizzly hunters, with positive effects on the ungulate populations and very strong bear populations.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2020

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ungulate

2 of 2 noun

• At the time, ungulates had swarmed in Serengeti-like numbers.
  — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2016
• And above all, try not to turn into an odd-toed ungulate.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
• The sight of the wild ungulate in the city inspired a swell of community spirit.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 5 May 2017
• Beware, ungulates of Labrador: Your black bears have a taste for caribou.
  — Josh Dean, Esquire, 2 June 2015
• Puff into the Flextone All-N-One to attract ungulates with a kazoo-​like cry.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2020
• The bears are more likely to prey on live ungulates during the spring calving season.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
• Rather, the pronghorn is an even-toed ungulate that can run faster than most any animal on Earth, with the exception of the African cheetah.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023
• Some of the larger herds of these moose-like ungulates make the longest land migrations of any mammal, trekking across frozen ice sheets in the north of Canada.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 29 Aug. 2017
• The researchers write that Sambar deer or Indian hog deer are the most likely species of ungulates that the antlers are derived from.
  — Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
• Thus babies in plays are rarer than odd-toed ungulates.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 20 May 2018
• Unlike ungulates, which tend to grow their biggest antlers between the ages of 5 and 7, pronghorns tend to maximize their horn growth between ages 3 and 4.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2020
• In areas where tribes hunted deer and elk, fire created a mat of forage plants on the forest floor, a favorite food for the ungulates.
  — Kate Wiliams, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
• Culling ungulates—reindeer and cattle—from islands in the refuge has never gone down well with locals.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
• Still, these are hulking ungulates, the largest land animals on the continent, standing up to six-feet-high at the shoulder and weighing upwards of 1.5 tons.
  — Josh Dean, Esquire, 2 June 2015
• Like that of other ungulates, the scat generally takes the form of pellets during winter, when the diet consists of woody browse.
  — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
• Similar results have been found in other families of mammals, like ungulates (deer, camels, and the like) and cetaceans (whales and dolphins).
  — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2018
• The researchers also tested different types of hPSCs in a group of mammals called ungulates, which includes pigs and cows.
  — Study Summaries, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
• The small mammals weigh under 10 pounds and are the world's smallest ungulates, Global Wildlife Conservation says.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019
• The state’s northern reaches appear to be home to a small but growing number of the gangly ungulates, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
  — Benjamin Spillman, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2017
• These, the even-toed, or cloven-hoofed ungulates, include deer, sheep, goats, cattle and antelopes—all groups whose members often sport horns or antlers, and in which such headgear is more often found in males than females.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2019
• Tens of thousands of these ticks can latch onto a single moose, driving the ungulate to single-mindedly scratch off much of its coat to get rid of them, decreasing the moose’s foraging time.
  — Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2023
• Horse and saddle leather, wet Labrador retriever and rutting male ungulates are smells that seem never to stop drifting through my mind, just below the surface of consciousness.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2020
• According to Elbroch, the difference is that while large ungulates can obviously die all year long, most go down in winter, when most insects are scarce.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2019
• In May, anticipating that fires would likely arise in the future, the Reagan foundation sought help from the land-clearing service 805 Goats, which loans out ungulates that are all-too-happy to eat flammable brush.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 Nov. 2019
• Wolves primarily feed on large ungulates, including deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, elk, moose, caribou, bison, and wild boar.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 14 Sep. 2023
• As apex predators, pumas play an important role in their ecosystem, helping control populations of large ungulates, like deer, as well as small predators.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Dec. 2019
• For Royalton Farms, the omnipresent ungulates eventually threatened the survival of the business.
  — cleveland, 30 Apr. 2020
• Especially in late winter, the half-ton beasts often use the manmade trail to travel more easily and avoid wolves, a situation that’s safer for the big ungulates but much more dangerous for mushers and their teams.
  — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2020
• In making its rule, Fish and Wildlife Service argued that Alaska law had erred in prioritizing the population of these ungulates by allowing hunters to kill too many of their predators.
  — National Geographic, 22 Mar. 2017
• Now, scientists are gaining a better understanding of one of the main drivers of the large ungulates’ demise: a devastating parasite known as brainworm.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023

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