Definition of Order Perissodactyla

1. Noun. Nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Perissodactyla

order Orthoptera
order Ostariophysi
order Ostracodermi
order Palmales
order Pandanales
order Papaverales
order Parietales
order Pectinibranchia
order Pediculati
order Pedipalpi
order Pelecaniformes
order Pelycosauria
order Perciformes
order Percomorphi
order Perissodactyla (current term)
order Peronosporales
order Pezizales
order Phalangida
order Phallales
order Phasmatodea
order Phasmida
order Pholidota
order Picariae
order Piciformes
order Piperales
order Plantaginales
order Platyctenea
order Plecoptera
order Plectognathi

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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