Ruminantia

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

1. 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), Cervidae (deer and moose), Giraffidae (giraffes), Moschidae (musk deer), Tragulidae (chevrotains) - families

References

• Ruminantia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ruminantia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ruminantia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons