Ruminant

Of even-toed ungulate and Ruminantia.

Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments.

This concept's ID is @1~12557

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  • rumen 0 facts

    The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to...

  • reticulum 0 facts

    The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.

  • psalterium 0 facts

    The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.

  • abomasum 0 facts

    The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes pla...

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  • deer 20 facts

    Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.

  • bovid 10 facts

    Hollow-horned ruminants.

  • chevrotain 3 facts

    Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa.

  • giraffe 1 facts

    Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs;...

  • pollard 0 facts

    A usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed.

  • pronghorn 0 facts

    Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched hor...