1. a mammal of an order that includes horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses, characterized by having an odd number of toes
Usage: zoological

1. relating to or characteristic of perissodactyls
Usage: zoological

Examples

• Horses are the most familiar perissodactyl to most people.
• The rhinoceros is a large perissodactyl found in Africa and Asia.
• Tapirs represent an ancient lineage of perissodactyl mammals.
• Perissodactyl animals have an odd number of functional toes on each foot.
• The perissodactyl order has fewer species than the even-toed ungulates.
• Fossil evidence shows that perissodactyl diversity was much greater in the past.