"Your cattle have hooves like these??????"
Thank God, no.
Hence, this is a "transitional species."
Cows are settled herbivores.
Well, that setttles that then.
They shouldn't be. They should be the common ancestor of some critter on down the road.
That brings up a question. Are there any common ancestors that aren't extinct? I mean, sharks have been around for something like 200 million years. Certainly they should be the common ancestor to something.