The odd-toed ungulates: hoofed mammals that bear their weight mainly on a single central toe (or, in rhinoceroses, three toes symmetrical around the center). Perissodactyla includes horses, rhinoceroses and tapirs, a much smaller order today than the ecologically similar Artiodactyla.
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1. Perissodactyla (Wikipedia)
- about 17 living species
In Group: Laurasiatherian Orders, Lead
Perissodactyla (, from Ancient Greek περισσός, perissós 'odd' and δάκτυλος, dáktylos 'finger, toe'), or odd-toed ungulates, is an order of ungulates.
View the Source2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Perissodactyla
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