What animals have split hooves?

A cloven hoof, cleft hoof, divided hoof or split hoof is a hoof split into two toes. This is found on members of the mammalian order Artiodactyla. Examples of mammals that possess this type of hoof are cattle, deer, antelopes, gazelles, goats, and sheep. read more

According to these, anything that "chews the cud" and has a completely split hoof is ritually clean, but those animals that only chew the cud or only have cloven hooves are unclean. Both documents explicitly list four animals as being ritually impure: The camel, for chewing the cud without its hooves being divided. read more

Animals that both chew their cud (ruminate, i.e. regurgitate partly digested food from a specialised multi-chambered stomach back to the mouth to be chewed for a second time as part of their ordinary digestive process) and have split true cloven hooves (a hoof being hard or rubbery sole and a hard wall formed by a thick nail) are allowed (kosher, lit. "fit") for Jewish consumption. read more

Leviticus 11:2 "Say to the Israelites, 'Of all the beasts of the earth, you may eat Leviticus 11:4 But of those that chew the cud or have split hooves, you are not to eat the following : The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you. read more