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Ruminantia
Fossil range: Late Eocene? to Recent
White-tailed Deer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
(unranked) Cetruminantia
Suborder: Ruminantia
Scopoli, 1777
Families

 Tragulidae
 Moschidae
 Cervidae
 Giraffidae
 Antilocapridae
 Bovidae

The biological suborder Ruminantia includes many of the well-known large grazing or browsing mammals: among them cattle, goats, sheep, deer, and antelope. The Eocene epoch (558 ± 02 - 339 ± 01 Ma) is a major division of the Geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Palaeogene period in The White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus) also known as the Virginia deer, or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized Deer found throughout Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Cetartiodactyla is the Clade to which Whales (including Dolphins and Even-toed ungulates have currently been placed Cetruminantia is a Clade made up of the Whippomorpha and their closest living relatives the Ruminants Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopoli) ( June 3, 1723 &ndash May 8, 1788) was a Tyrolian "Kancil" redirects here For the car see Perodua Kancil Not to be confused with Kanchil (Lesser Mouse Deer Not to be confused Musk deer are Artiodactyls of the genus Moschus, the only genus of family Moschidae. A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. The giraffids are Ruminant Artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with Deer and Bovids The biological family Giraffidae Antilocapridae is a family of artiodactyls endemic to North America. A bovid is any of almost 140 species of Cloven-hoofed Mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family This article is about the Capra genus of animals and the Goat species A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. Antelope are Ruminant hoofed Mammals of the family Bovidae in the order of Even-toed ungulates. All members of the Ruminantia are ruminants: they digest food in two steps, chewing and swallowing in the normal way to begin with, and then regurgitating the semi-digested cud to re-chew it and thus extract the maximum possible food value. Physiologically a ruminant is a Mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach known CUD is an acronym sometimes used to describe the genetic disorder Primary carnitine deficiency.

Note that not all ruminants belong to the Ruminantia. Camels and llamas are among the exceptions, a suborder known as Tylopoda. Camels are Even-toed ungulates within the Genus Camelus. The Dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and the The llama ( Lama glama) is a South American Camelid, widely used as a Pack animal by the Incas and other natives of the Andes Tylopoda (meaning "padded foot" is a suborder of the mammalian order Artiodactyla containing some families like the Camelidae, Oromerycidae, Also, there are a number of other large grazing mammals that, while not strictly ruminants, have similar adaptations for surviving on large quantities of low-grade food. Kangaroos and horses are examples. A kangaroo is a Marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods meaning 'large foot' The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae.

Cetartiodactyla is the Clade to which Whales (including Dolphins and Even-toed ungulates have currently been placed The suborder Suina (also known as Suiformes) contains perhaps the earliest and most archaic even-toed ungulates. Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times Peccaries (also known as javelinas, by the Portuguese name javali and Spanish jabalí or pecarí) are medium-sized Tylopoda (meaning "padded foot" is a suborder of the mammalian order Artiodactyla containing some families like the Camelidae, Oromerycidae, Camels are Even-toed ungulates within the Genus Camelus. The Dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and the The llama ( Lama glama) is a South American Camelid, widely used as a Pack animal by the Incas and other natives of the Andes Whippomorpha (also known as Cetancodonta) is a whimsical name for the Clade containing the Cetacea (whales dolphins etc Whales are marine mammals which are neither Dolphins (ie members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor Porpoises Orcas The hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius) from the Greek ἱπποπόταμος ( hippopotamos, ιππος hippos meaning "horse" "Kancil" redirects here For the car see Perodua Kancil Not to be confused with Kanchil (Lesser Mouse Deer Not to be confused "Kancil" redirects here For the car see Perodua Kancil Not to be confused with Kanchil (Lesser Mouse Deer Not to be confused The Pecora is a group of hoofed mammals that comprises most of the Ruminants including cattle sheep goats antelopes deer giraffes and pronghorn Musk deer are Artiodactyls of the genus Moschus, the only genus of family Moschidae. Musk deer are Artiodactyls of the genus Moschus, the only genus of family Moschidae. A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. The giraffids are Ruminant Artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with Deer and Bovids The biological family Giraffidae The giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African Even-toed ungulate Mammal, the tallest of all land-living Animal Species The Okapi ( Okapia johnstoni) is a Mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Antilocapridae is a family of artiodactyls endemic to North America. The pronghorn ( Antilocapra americana) also pronghorn antelope or prong buck, is a species of Ungulate Mammal native to interior A bovid is any of almost 140 species of Cloven-hoofed Mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family This article is about the Capra genus of animals and the Goat species Antelope are Ruminant hoofed Mammals of the family Bovidae in the order of Even-toed ungulates. Climacoceratidae ("Ladder Horns" is a family of superficially deer-like Artiodactyl Ungulates that were restricted to the Miocene of
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