tapir vs perissodactyl

tapir and perissodactyl both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tapir	Yes	No	No	No
perissodactyl	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, perissodactyl is a hypernym of tapir; that is, perissodactyl is a word with a broader meaning than tapir:

tapir: large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
perissodactyl: placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot

Other hypernyms of tapir include odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl mammal.

tapir (noun)	perissodactyl (noun)
large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout	placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot