suborder Ruminantia

Thesaurus

Noun

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suborder Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels Ruminantia animal order - the order of animals Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats Antilocapridae, family Antilocapridae - comprising only the pronghorns Cervidae, family Cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer family Tragulidae, Tragulidae - chevrotains