Perissodactyla
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “uneven”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, toe”).
Proper noun
Perissodactyla
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – odd-toed ungulates.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Equidae (horses etc), Tapiridae (tapirs), Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses) - extant families
- †Anchilophidae, †Brontotheriidae, †Chalicotheriidae, †Deperetellidae, †Eomoropidae, †Helaletidae, †Hyracodontidae, †Isectolophidae, †Lophialetidae, †Lophiodontidae, †Palaeotheriidae - extinct families; †Uintaceras - extinct genera incertae sedis
Translations
taxonomic order
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References
Perissodactyla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Perissodactyla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Perissodactyla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Perissodactyla in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Perissodactyla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Perissodactyla at Encyclopedia of Life
- Perissodactyla at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Perissodactyla at Paleology Database
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521