perisodáctilo

Definitions of perisodáctilo
  1. noun
    placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
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    artiodáctilo
    placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
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    equino, équido
    hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
    rinoceronte
    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
    caballo
    solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
    asno
    hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
    mulo
    hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
    burdégano
    hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile
    cebra
    any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines
    rinoceronte blanco
    large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros
    rinoceronte negro
    African rhino; in danger of extinction
    tapir americano
    a tapir found in South America and Central America
    tapir asiático, tapir malayo
    a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra
    type of:
    ungulado
    any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
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