What Do Perissodactyla Eat?

Perissodactyls are herbivorous (plant-eating). The plants they eat depend on what is available in the region in which they live. Tapirs eat leaves, twigs, fallen fruit, and aquatic vegetation. Rather than eat entire plants, they consume just a few leaves from a plant and move on.

Are Perissodactyla carnivores?

Perissodactyl, any member of the order Perissodactyla, a group of herbivorous mammals characterized by the possession of either one or three hoofed toes on each hindfoot. They include the horses, asses, and zebras, the tapirs, and the rhinoceroses.

What is the difference between Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla?

Perissodactyls are odd-toed ungulates, as the number of toes has been reduced: from the ancestral five to one in horses and three in rhinoceroses. ... The Artiodactyla are even-toed ungulates, which have four toes (pigs, camels, hippopotamuses) or two (deer, sheep, cattle, and their allies).