Pecora

Pecora; Temporal range: 50–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene - recent
	Pronghorn antelope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Ruminantia
Infraorder:	Pecora; Flower, 1883
Subgroups
	†Gelocidae; †Hoplitomerycidae; †Leptomerycidae Giraffomorpha †Palaeomerycidae; Giraffoidea Giraffidae; †Climacoceratidae; ; ; ; Cervoidea Cervidae; Moschidae; ; Bovoidea Antilocapridae; Bovidae; ; ;

Pecora is a family of ruminants. All pecorans, except the families Hydrotopes and Moschus have horns or antlers. "Pecora" comes from Latin meaning "horned lifestock". Some pecorans have horns, but the family Cervidae has antlers.

References[change | change source]

↑ Flower, W. On the Arrangement of the Orders and Families of Existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 178 -186. 1883.

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