Ruminantia

The Ruminantia or ruminants is most of the Artiodactyla including sheep, goats, camels, and a few other forms. They have complex stomachs and ruminate their food.

What this means is that they can move food from one stomach to another and back again. This allows them to digest a wider range of food.

 Classifiation 
 Order Artiodactyla
 Suborder Suina: pigs and peccaries
 Suborder Tylopoda: camels and llamas
 Suborder Whippomorpha: whales and hippopotamus
 Suborder Ruminantia
 Family †Amphimerycidae
 Infraorder Tragulina (paraphyletic)
 Family †Prodremotheriidae
 Family †Hypertragulidae
 Family †Praetragulidae
 Family Tragulidae: chevrotains, 6 living species in 4 genera
 Family †Leptomerycidae
 Family †Archaeomerycidae
 Family †Lophiomerycidae
 Infraorder Pecora
 Family †Climacoceratidae
Family Moschidae: musk deer,  4 living species in one genus
 Family Cervidae: deer, 49 living species in 16 genera
 Family Giraffidae: giraffe and okapi, 2 living species in 2 genera
 Family Antilocapridae: pronghorn, one living species in one genus
 Family Bovidae: cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope, 135 living species in 48 genera.

Related pages
Cetartiodactyla

Category:Even-toed ungulates