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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