Odd-toed ungulate facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Odd-toed ungulates Temporal range: Late Palaeocene - Recent
Rhinoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Eutheria
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria
Order:	Perissodactyla Owen, 1848 Rhinocerotidae Brontotheriidae (extinct) Chalicotheriidae (extinct) Hyracodontidae (extinct) Palaeotheriidae (extinct) Amynodontidae (extinct) -->

Odd-toed ungulates are the Perissodactyla, an order of mammals.

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

• Order Perissodactyla
  • Family Rhinocerotidae
  • Family Tapiridae
  • Family Equidae

Images for kids

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  The white rhinoceros is the largest living perissodactyl

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  Seven figures showing the bones, blood vessels, ligaments and arteries of the hoof and pastern.

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  Tapirs are the only extant group of perissodactyls with a trunk.

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  Restriction of their habitat and poaching threaten the survival of most rhino species, including the Indian rhinoceros shown here

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  A young Brazilian tapir

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  Live reconstruction of chalicothere Anisodon grande (formerly Chalicotherium grande)

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  Eohippus, an early relative of the horse, is one of the oldest-known perissodactyls

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  Richard Owen, 1856

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  The quagga had become extinct by the end of the 19th century.

See also

In Spanish: Perisodáctilos para niños