odd-toed ungulate

Definitions of odd-toed ungulate

1. noun

   placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
   synonyms: perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal

   antonyms:

   even-toed ungulate

   placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

   types:

   equid, equine

   hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck

   rhino, rhinoceros

   massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout

   tapir

   large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout

   Equus caballus, horse

   solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

   ass

   hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse

   mule

   hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

   hinny

   hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile

   zebra

   any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

   Equus quagga, quagga

   mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century

   Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis

   having one horn

   Rhinoceros antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros

   extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions

   Ceratotherium simum, Diceros simus, white rhinoceros

   large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros

   Diceros bicornis, black rhinoceros

   African rhino; in danger of extinction

   New World tapir, Tapirus terrestris

   a tapir found in South America and Central America

   Indian tapir, Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus

   a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra

   type of:

   hoofed mammal, ungulate

   any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically