perissodactyla in English

noun
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an order of mammals that comprises the odd-toed ungulates.
‘Odd-toed’ or ‘odd-hoofed’ mammals make up the Perissodactyla .

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1. ADVERTISEMENTS: Let us learn about the comparison between Artiodactyla and perissodactyla

2. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla

3. Eubrontotherium clarnoensis, a new genus and species of Brontothere (Brontotheriidae, Perissodactyla) from the Hancock Quarry, Clarno Formation, Wheeler County, Oregon.

4. Cursoriality evolved in the Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Carnivora coincident with global cooling and the replacement of forests with open landscapes in the Oligocene and Miocene

5. A New Brontothere (Brontotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Eocene of the Ily Basin of Kazakstan and a Phylogeny of Asian “Horned” Brontotheres

6. For example, the horse is categorized in the following way: kingdom, Animalia; phylum, Chordata; class, Mammalia; order, Perissodactyla; family, Equidae; genus, Equus; species, Caballus.

7. The Perissodactyla have been Brigaded with the Artiodactyla to form the typical group of the ungulates, under the name of Diplarthra, or Ungulata Vera, and the features distinguishing the …

8. Artiodactyla date from the Eocene period, when they appear to have been less numerous than the Perissodactyla, although at the present day they are immeasurably ahead of that group, and form indeed the dominant ungulates.

9. Hippotherium Calamarium Cope Merychippus (Merychippus) calamarius calamarius (Cope) See more items in Paleogeneral Types: Mammals Terrestrial Mammalia Primary Type Paleobiology Common name Horse Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Perissodactyla Equidae NMNH - Paleobiology Dept

10. As nouns the difference between perissodactyl and Artiodactyl is that perissodactyl is any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the perissodactyla, including the horses, zebra, and rhinoceros while Artiodactyl is (zoology) any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging

11. Artiodactyla An order or a suborder of ungulate or hoofed mammals which are cloven-footed or even-toed and have hoofs in pairs (either two or four), as all ruminants (Bovidœ, Cervidœ, etc.) and hog-like ungulates (Hippopotamidœ, Suidœ, etc.): opposed to odd-toed ungulates or Perissodactyla, as the horse, rhinoceros, tapir, etc