Ruminantia
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See also: ruminantia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin rūminantia (“chewing the cud”). Coined by Tyrolean physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.
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, buffaloes, and bison), Cervidae (deer), Giraffidae (giraffes and okapis), Moschidae (musk deer), Tragulidae (chevrotains) - families
References
Ruminantia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ruminantia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Ruminantia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
