What Animals Are Considered Pachyderms?

The term pachyderm (meaning thick-skinned animals) is the original classification for elephants, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, pigs and tapirs. Wilhelma's pachyderms live in two houses, the Elephant House and the Tapir House.

Are all pachyderms mammals?

Pachyderm may refer to: Any of the Pachydermata, an obsolete 19th-century taxonomic order of mammals that included elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotami.

Are deer pachyderms?

Hippos and whales are more closely related to cows, pigs, deer, antelopes, and giraffes than other pachyderms. ... Elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses are classified as separate clades altogether.