ruminantia

Noun

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A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.

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By the Late Eocene (46 million years ago), the three modern suborders had already developed: Suina (the pig group); Tylopoda (the camel group); and Ruminantia (the goat and cattle group). Source: Internet

Differences in stomach construction indicated that rumination evolved independently between tylopods and ruminants ; therefore tylopods were excluded from Ruminantia. Source: Internet

Shared modern nomenclature divides Cetartiodactyla in five subordinate taxa that are also monophyletic: camelids (Tylopoda), pigs and peccaries (Suina), ruminants (Ruminantia), hippos (Ancodonta), and whales (Cetacea). Source: Internet

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