Ruminantia

See also: ruminantia

Translingual

Etymology

Latin ruminare, to chew the cud

Proper noun

Ruminantia

A taxonomic suborder within the order Artiodactyla – ruminants.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Antilocapridae (pronghorn), Bovidae (cattle, goats, sheep, antelopes), Cervidae (deer and moose), Giraffidae (giraffes), Moschidae (musk deer), Tragulidae (chevrotains) - families

References

Ruminantia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ruminantia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Ruminantia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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