Ruminantia

Ruminantia Temporal range: Late Eocene? to Recent
White-tailed Deer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetartiodactyla
Suborder:	Ruminantia Scopoli, 1777
Families
Tragulidae  Moschidae  Cervidae  Giraffidae  Antilocapridae  Bovidae

The biological suborder Ruminantia this majority of the Artiodactyla including sheep, goats, camels, and other forms which have a complex stomach and ruminate their food.

Classifiation

• 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 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.

Other pages

• Cetartiodactyla