Perissodactyla


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Perissodactyla

An order of odd-toed ungulates, for which the middle toe (the hoof) is larger than its neighbours on either side. Peridactyls are large grazers with relatively simple stomachs, digesting grasses and plant cellulose in the intestine.

Examples 
Horse, tapirs, rhinoceri.

Perissodactyla

the odd-toed ungulates, such as horses. Compare ARTIODACTYLA.
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Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion accidentaleComplex (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae), Late Miocene, North America, and the origion of the Old World Hippotherium Datum.
New Hipparionine (Perissodactyla) Fossils from Potwar Plateau of Pakistan
Baron] Cuvier 57, 64, 66 Pseudalopex 5, 7 R(3-4) vetulus (Lund) PERISSODACTYLA Owen Tapirus terrestris 5, 7, 57, 75 R(1, 2, 3, 4) Linnaeus CETARTIODACTYLA Montgelard, Catzeflis and Douzery Mazama 5 R(3) americana Erxleben M.
Mamiferos terrestres da bacia do Rio Jequitinhonha, Brasil: uma area de transicao entre a Floresta Atlantica e o Cerrado
Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion occidentale complex (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae), late Miocene, North America, and the origin of the Old World Hippotherium datum.
A comparison of the Clarendonian equid assemblages from the Mission Pit, South Dakota and Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska
2 2/3 (66,7) Perissodactyla P (%) ENDOPARASITOS Tapirus terrestris (n=1) Orden Ascaridida 1 1/1 (100) Physocephalus spp.
Estudio coproparasitologico de mamiferos silvestres en cautiverio con destino a relocacion en Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Although animals of the order Perissodactyla, family Equidae, have previously been considered not susceptible to ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2), we show that horses may be infected by this virus.
Ovine herpesvirus 2 infection in foal, Brazil
Carnivora P (%) Perissodactyla P (%) ENDOPARASITOS Panthera Tapirus onca terrestris (n=3) (n=1) Orden Ascaridida -- -- 1 1/1 (100) Physocephalus -- -- -- -- spp.
Estudio coproparasitologico de mamiferos silvestres en cautiverio con destino a relocacion en Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Entre ellos, Hofman en 1901 realizo una extenso estudio comparado de las venas del cerebro y medula espinal de varios vertebrados, desde Pisces a Perissodactyla, incluyendo tambien Canis familiaris (Reinhard et al.
Revision del plexo venoso vertebral en el perro
son mamiferos herbivoros de gran tamano pertenecientes a la Familia Equidae y el Orden Perissodactyla (Bennett y Hoffmann, 1999).
Manejo de caballos cimarrones: la situacion en la Argentina
Containing the order Ungulata, Suborders Perissodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylartha, and Amblypoda.
New Hipparionine (Equidae) Remains from Dhok Pathan Formation of Siwaliks, Pakistan
The fauna mainly consists of Artiodactyla (Cervidae, Tragulidae, Giraffidae, Suidae), Perissodactyla (Equidae, Rhinocerotidae), Proboscidea and Primates (Khan et al.
NEW FOSSILS OF SUIDAE (MAMMALIA, ARTIODACTYLA) FROM THE HASNOT LATE MIOCENE, NORTHERN PAKISTAN
Here we use the concept prey mammals as any terrestrial species, excluding the Australian ones, not belonging to the order Carnivora (Orders Didelphimorphia, Paucituberculata, Microbiotheria, Tubulidentata, Macroscelidea, Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, Xenarthra, Scandentia, Dermoptera, Primates, Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Insectivora, Pholidota, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla).
Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Aragonian (middle Miocene) mammalian faunas from the Madrid Basin based on body-size structure
Ursidae Tremarctos ornatos ORDEN PERISSODACTYLA Fam.
Mamiferos de Caldas: un analisis de vacios de informacion

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