Odd-taed ungulate

Odd-taed ungulates
Huif o a horse
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Infracless:	Eutheria
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria
Order:	Perissodactyla Owen, 1848
Families
Equidae Tapiridae Rhinocerotidae † Lambdotheriidae †Brontotheriidae †Palaeotheriidae †Isectolophidae †Pachynolophidae †Chalicotheriidae †Lophiodontidae †Lophialetidae †Helaletidae †Deperetellidae †Hyrachyidae †Hyracodontidae †Rhodopagidae †Amynodontidae

An odd-taed ungulate is a mammal wi huifs that featur an odd nummer o taes. Odd-taed ungulates comprise the order Perissodactyla (Greek: περισσός, perissós, "uneven", an δάκτυλος, dáktylos, "finger/tae"). The middle tae on each huif is uisually muckler nor its neighbours. Odd-taed ungulates are relatively muckle grazers an, unlik the ruminant even-taed ungulates (artiodactyls), thay hae relatively semple stomachs acause thay are hindgut fermenters, digestin plant cellulose in thair intestines rather nor in ane or mair stomachs. Odd-taed ungulates include the horse, tapirs, an rhinoceroses.