Odd-toed ungulate
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| Odd-toed ungulates Temporal range: Late Palaeocene - Recent |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Laurasiatheria |
| Order: | Perissodactyla Owen, 1848 |
Odd-toed ungulates are mammals of the order Perissodactyla.
Odd-toed ungulates have an uneven number of toes: Horses have only one toe, rhinoceros have three toes, and tapirs have four toes on the front feet and three toes on the hind feet.
Taxonomy [change]
- Order Perissodactyla
- Family Rhinocerotidae
- Family Tapiridae
- Family Equidae
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