Perissodactyls

Lifestyle and diet

Perissodactyls inhabit a number of different habitats, leading to different lifestyles. Tapirs are solitary and inhabit mainly tropical rainforests. In Africa, rhinos tend to live alone in savannas, forests, open woodland bush or scrub. In Asia, rhinos tend to live in wet marsh or forest areas. Horses, asses and zebras (members of the genus Equus) inhabit open areas such as grasslands, steppes, or semi-deserts, and live together in groups. Odd-toed ungulates are exclusively herbivores that feed, to varying degrees, on grass, leaves, and other plant parts. A distinction is often made between primarily grass feeders (white rhinos, equines) and leaf feeders (tapirs, other rhinos).