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Definition of Order Perissodactyla
1. Noun. Nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Odd-toed Ungulate, Perissodactyl, Perissodactyl Mammal, Equidae, Family Equidae, Family Rhinocerotidae, Rhinoceros Family, Rhinocerotidae, Family Tapiridae, Tapiridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Perissodactyla
Literary usage of Order Perissodactyla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"SUB-order Perissodactyla. This consists of three living and two extinct families—the
living ones being horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses, and the extinct the ..."
2. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"SUBORDER Pecora, eg Deer, Antelopes, Sheep, Oxen, etc. 16. order Perissodactyla.
Odd-toed Hoofed Mammals. a. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The following are the leading characteristics by means of which the sub-order
Perissodactyla is distinguished from the Artiodactyla. ..."
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