Ruminantia
suborder of ruminants
The Ruminantia is most of the Artiodactyla including sheep, goats, camels, and a few other forms. They have complex stomachs and ruminate their food.
| Ruminantia Temporal range: Late Eocene? to Recent
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| White-tailed deer | |
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| Suborder: | Ruminantia Scopoli, 1777
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Tragulidae | |
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
change- ORDER CETARTIODACTYLA
- 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.