Perissodactyla

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title: Perissodactyla
text: Perissodactyla is an order of ungulates. The order includes about 17 living species divided into three families: Equidae, Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses), and Tapiridae (tapirs). They typically have reduced the weight-bearing toes to three or one of the five original toes, though tapirs retain four toes on their front feet. The nonweight-bearing toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or positioned posteriorly. By contrast, artiodactyls bear most of their weight equally on four or two of the f
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description: Order of hoofed mammals
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perissodactyla
date created: 2001-08-09T22:54:17Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T09:27:39Z
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