odd-toed

Adjective

Meaning

odd-toed (not comparable)

Having an odd number of toes.

Examples

Even the rise of ruminants that have similar ecological niches occupied, and had a much more efficient digestive system, is associated with the decline in diversity of odd-toed ungulates. Source: Internet

Both kinship groups, the odd-toed ungulates and litopterna-notoungulata are now in the higher-level taxon the Panperissodactyla. Source: Internet

Extraction of nutrients from food is relatively inefficient, which probably explains why there are no small odd-toed ungulates; for large animals nutritional requirements per kilogram of body weight are lower and the surface-to-volume ratio is smaller. Source: Internet

However, passed through the now following faunal groups of animals in the ancient settlement areas of odd-toed ungulates, such as the mammoths, whose competition also led to the extinction of some odd-toed ungulate lines. Source: Internet

In contrast, the stocks of almost all other species of odd-toed ungulates have declined dramatically by hunting and habitat destruction. Source: Internet

Today's distribution area of odd-toed ungulates consists only of a small part of a once larger range. Source: Internet

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