Ruminantia

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Ruminantia is a suborder of hoofed, herbivorous mammals that digest plant material through rumination, including animals such as deer, cattle, goats, and antelopes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal suborder
taxon
class Mammalia
commonName ruminants
diet browsed vegetation
grasses
leaves
plant material
digestiveProcess rumination
ecologicalRole browser
grazer
primary consumer
feedingType herbivory
habitat forests
grasslands
savannas
terrestrial ecosystems
hasAnatomicalFeature cloven hooves
complex stomach with multiple chambers
specialized molars for grinding plant matter
hasCharacteristic even-toed stance
foregut fermentation
herbivorous
hoofed
multi-chambered stomach
ruminating digestion
hasEconomicImportance leather production
livestock production
meat production
milk production
includesOrganism antelopes
cattle
chevrotains
deer
giraffes
goats
musk deer
sheep
includesTaxon Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Moschidae
Tragulidae
infraclass Eutheria
kingdom Animalia
locomotion quadrupedal
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
reproduction viviparous
subclass Theria
taxonRank suborder

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aepycerotinae belongsToClade Ruminantia
Pantholopinae belongsToClade Ruminantia
Reduncinae belongsToClade Ruminantia
Artiodactyla hasSubgroup Ruminantia
Tylopoda parentTaxon Ruminantia
Antilocapridae suborder Ruminantia
Bovidae suborder Ruminantia
Cervidae suborder Ruminantia
Moschidae suborder Ruminantia