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6 de set. de 2024 · Perissodactyl, any member of the order Perissodactyla, a group of herbivorous mammals characterized by the possession of either one or three hoofed toes on each hindfoot. They include the horses, asses, and zebras, the tapirs, and the rhinoceroses. The name—from Greek perissos, “odd,” and daktylos,
- Behaviour
Perissodactyl - Social, Nocturnal, Grazing: Perissodactyls...
- Evolution and Paleontology
The Perissodactyla appeared early in the Eocene, about 55...
- Classification
Perissodactyl - Odd-toed, Ungulates, Hoofed: Among living...
- Form and Function
Perissodactyl - Odd-toed, Hoofed, Ungulate: Living...
- Rhinoceroses
Perissodactyl - Rhinoceros, Odd-Toed, Herbivore: The black...
- Ancylopoda
Other articles where Ancylopoda is discussed: perissodactyl:...
- Ceratomorpha
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- Hippomorpha
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- Behaviour
Há 3 dias · Horses and other equids are odd-toed ungulates of the order Perissodactyla, a group of mammals dominant during the Tertiary period. In the past, this order contained 14 families, but only three—Equidae (the horse and related species), Tapiridae (the tapir), and Rhinocerotidae (the rhinoceroses)—have survived to the present day. [122]
Há 4 dias · There are three living species: Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), the plains zebra (E. quagga), and the mountain zebra (E. zebra). Zebras share the genus Equus with horses and asses, the three groups being the only living members of the family Equidae. Zebra stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual.
6 de set. de 2024 · Perissodactyl - Odd-toed, Ungulates, Hoofed: Among living perissodactyls, body size, number and length of horns, skin structure, and color pattern are the most important features for classification. Order Perissodactyla (superorder Mesaxonia) includes fifteen living species in the suborders Hippomorpha and Ceratomorpha; there are ...
Há 3 dias · Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep.
6 de set. de 2024 · The Perissodactyla appeared early in the Eocene, about 55 million to 40 million years ago. Together with most other ungulate mammals, they were probably derived from the Condylarthra.
6 de set. de 2024 · Palaeotherium is the type genus of the extinct perissodactyl family Palaeotheriidae, a Palaeogene -exclusive lineage within the superfamily Equoidea that diverged from the extant Equidae (horses and relatives) by the Palaeocene to early Eocene.
