The word perissodactyl comes from the Greek language, and means "odd-number finger or toe."

Perissodactyls are divided into 2 suborders, 3 families, and about 15 species, including:

• Suborder Ceratomorpha
  • Family Tapiridae - tapirs
  • Family Rhinocerotidae - rhinoceros
• Suborder Hippomorpha
  • Family Equidae - horses, zebras, asses

BALUCHITHERIUM Baluchitherium (aka Indricotherium) was a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals.

DONKEY Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to desert life.

Elasmotherium Elasmotherium was a rhinoceros-like mammal that lived in the steppes of Eurasia during the Pleistocene.

EOHIPPUS Eohippus was a tiny horse that lived 50 million years ago.

HORSE Horses are very fast runners. Primitive horses were very small.

HYRACOTHERIUM Hyracotherium/Eohippus was a tiny horse that lived 50 million years ago.

INDRICOTHERIUM Indricotherium (aka Baluchitherium) was a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals.

QUAGGA The Quagga is a recently-extinct relative of the zebra.

RHINOCEROS A rhinoceros is a huge animal from Africa that has one or two horn-like spikes on its head.

TAPIR A plant-eating, hoofed mammal with a small trunk.

WOOLLY RHINOCEROS The Woolly Rhino is an extinct rhinoceros from the Ice Ages.

ZEBRA Zebras have black and white stripes.

Zebra (Simple version) Zebras are hoofed mammals that have black and white stripes.