Ruminant

Introduction: Ruminant

Description of Ruminant

Ruminant: An animal that chews the cud, material regurgitated from the rumen for rechewing; e.g., the sheep, cow, deer, or antelope.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Ruminant: A suborder of the order ARTIODACTYLA whose members have the distinguishing feature of a four-chambered stomach, including the capacious RUMEN. Horns or antlers are usually present, at least in males.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Ruminant:

Terms Similar to Ruminant:

• Goats, Mountain
• Ruminantia

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Ruminant:

• Antelopes
• Buffaloes
• Camelids, New World
• Camels
• Cattle
• Deer
• Goats
• Sheep
• Bison

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Ruminant

• Artiodactyla

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Ruminant

The following list attempts to classify Ruminant into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Animals
  • Chordata
    • Vertebrates
      • Mammals
        • Artiodactyla
          • Ruminants

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