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Order of mammals.

perissodactyla
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This group becomes the Perissodactyla ("odd-toed" Ungulates) of the zoologist, throwing out side-branches in the tapir and the rhinoceros, and culminating in the one-toed horse.
The Story of Evolution
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The tapir makes a footprint much like that of a small rhinoceros, being one of the odd-toed ungulates.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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More than 200 species of mammal are distinguished by possession of hooves, known as ungulates, and are divided into two orders, even-toed and odd-toed ungulates.
The Irish Times