Perissodactyla

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Noun1.Perissodactyla - nonruminant ungulates: horsesPerissodactyla - nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
order Perissodactyla
animal order - the order of animals
Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal - placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
Equidae, family Equidae - horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae - rhinoceroses
family Tapiridae, Tapiridae - tapirs and extinct related forms
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Proboscideans and perissodactyls are approximately equally common at these middle Miocene localities.
New Giraffokeryx and Giraffa (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) Dental Material from Lower Siwaliks of Northern Pakistan
Since the Eocene, the diversity of artiodactyls has increased while that of perissodactyls has decreased.
Morphometric Study of the Rostral Epidural Rete Mirabile in the Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius, Linnaeus 1758)/ Estudio Morfometrico de la Rete Mirabile Epidural Rostral en el Dromedario (Camelus dromedarius, Linnaeus 1758)
The teeth of perissodactyls are perfect for what they eat.
A horse is a horse
Among the macromammals, the Vallesian Crisis implied the disappearance of several suoids (Listriodon, Albanohyus), carnivores (amphycionids, nimravids), perissodactyls (tapirids, certain rhinocerotids) and, of course, hominoid and pliopithecoid primates (Agusti et al., 1999).
The range and extent of the Vallesian Crisis (Late Miocene): new prospects based on the micromammal record from the Valles-Penedes basin (Catalonia, Spain)

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