Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla and Primates ... comprised of multiple species 15,16. A closely related cambaythere from Vastan mine, Kalitherium marinus, is based on a poorly preserved rostrum ...

Update: The classification of Tapirus kabomani as a distinct species was officially contested ... It is also the first mammal in the order Perissodactyla (which includes tapirs, rhinos, and ...

Its origin and what happened to its species had largely remained a mystery ... they're part of a group called Perissodactyla. The animal's lineage and that of modern perissodactyls, which ...

and are part of the order Perissodactyla, which also includes rhinoceroses and tapirs. Grevy’s zebras are the largest of the zebra species and are known for their narrow stripes, which are ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of fossil horse from 4.4 million-year-old fossil-rich deposits in Ethiopia. About the size of a small zebra, Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli had three-toed ...

Working at the edge of a coal mine in India, a team of researchers has filled in a major gap in science’s understanding of the evolution of a group of animals that includes horses and rhinos.

Modern horses, rhinos, and tapirs belong to a biological group, or order, called Perissodactyla. Also known as "odd-toed ungulates," animals in the order have, as their name implies, an uneven number ...