#ruminant any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
supertype: #even-toed_ungulate__artiodactyl__artiodactyl_mammal__artiodactylmammal placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
part: #rumen #second_stomach #psalterium #abomasum
member of: #suborder_Ruminantia
subtype: #pollard a usually horned animal that as either shed its horns or had them removed
subtype: #bovid hollow-horned ruminants
subtype: #bovine any of various members of the genus Bos
subtype: #wild_ox__ox any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
subtype: #aurochs__auroch__urus__Bos_primigenius large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
subtype: #Bos_grunniens__yak large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated
subtype: #Bos_banteng__banteng__banting wild ox of the Malay Archipelago
subtype: #Asian_wild_ox genus of Asiatic wild oxen
subtype: #gaur__Bibos_gaurus wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India
subtype: #gayal__mithan__Bibos_frontalis ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur
subtype: #cattle__cows__kine__oxen__Bos_taurus domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age: "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
subtype: #ox an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
subtype: #stirk yearling heifer or bullock
subtype: #steer__bullock castrated bull
subtype: #bull.cattle uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
subtype: #bullock young bull
subtype: #moo-cow__moocow__cow female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow'" is a child's term"
subtype: #springing_cow__springingcow__springer a cow about to give birth
subtype: #heifer young cow
subtype: #beef_cattle__beef cattle that are reared for their meat
subtype: #Texas_longhorn__longhorn long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
subtype: #Santa_Gertrudis Brahman and shorthorn crossbreed of red cattle; hardy in hot regions
subtype: #Aberdeen_Angus__Angus__black_Angus black hornless breed from Scotland
subtype: #Charolais large white or cream-colored breed from France
subtype: #shorthorn__Durham English breed of short-horned cattle
subtype: #Galloway breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland
subtype: #Hereford__whiteface hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States
subtype: #cattalo hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds
subtype: #Welsh_Black__Welsh Welsh breed of dual-purpose cattle
subtype: #red_poll__redpoll hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle
subtype: #Africander tall large-horned humped south African cattle for meat or draft
subtype: #dairy_cattle__dairycattle__dairy_cow__dairycow__milch_cow__milchcow__milk_cow__milcher__milker cattle that are reared for their milk
subtype: #Ayrshire hardy breed from Ayr Scotland
subtype: #Brown_Swiss large hardy brown breed from Switzerland
subtype: #Jersey breed from the island of Jersey
subtype: #milking_shorthorn__milkingshorthorn breed evolved from shorthorn beef cattle
subtype: #Holstein-Friesian__Friesian__Holstein a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland
subtype: #Guernsey breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey
subtype: #Devon red dual-purpose cattle of English origin
subtype: #Bos_indicus__Brahman__Brahma__Brahmin any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding
subtype: #zebu domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
subtype: #Old_World_buffalo__buffalo any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
subtype: #water_buffalo__waterbuffalo__water_ox__waterox__Asiatic_buffalo__Bubalus_bubalis Asiatic buffalo often domesticated for use as a draft animal
subtype: #Indian_buffalo upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk
subtype: #carabao water buffalo of the Philippines
subtype: #anoa__dwarf_buffalo__dwarfbuffalo__Anoa_depressicornis small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
subtype: #tamarau__tamarao__Bubalus_mindorensis__Anoa_mindorensis small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
subtype: #Cape_buffalo__Synercus_caffer large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
subtype: #bison any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns
subtype: #American_bison__American_buffalo__buffalo__bisonbison large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
subtype: #wisent__aurochs__auroch__Bison_bonasus European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
subtype: #musk_ox__musk_sheep__Ovibos_moschatus large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
subtype: #sheep woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
subtype: #ewe female sheep
subtype: #tup__ram uncastrated adult male sheep: "a British term is `tup'"
subtype: #wether male sheep especially a castrated one
subtype: #bellwether sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
subtype: #black_sheep__blacksheep sheep with a black coat
subtype: #domestic_sheep__Ovis_aries any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin
subtype: #Cotswold sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswolds
subtype: #Hampshire_down__Hampshire British breed of hornless dark-faced mutton sheep
subtype: #Lincoln long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire
subtype: #Exmoor.domestic_sheep__exmoor horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton
subtype: #Cheviot hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot hills noted for its wool
subtype: #caracul__karakul hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur
subtype: #longwool a domestic long-wool sheep
subtype: #merino_sheep__merino white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
subtype: #Rambouillet hardy sheep developed from the Merino producing both good mutton and fine wool
subtype: #wild_sheep undomesticated sheep
subtype: #argali__argal__Ovis_ammon wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia
subtype: #Marco_Polo_sheep__Marco_Polo's_sheep__Ovis_poli Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)
subtype: #urial__Ovis_vignei bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia
subtype: #Dall_sheep__Dall's_sheep__white_sheep__whitesheep__Ovis_montana_dalli large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
subtype: #mountain_sheep any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions
subtype: #Rocky_Mountain_bighorn__bighorn__bighorn_sheep__bighornsheep__cimarron__Rocky_Mountain_sheep__Ovis_canadensis wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
subtype: #mouflon__moufflon__Ovis_musimon wild short-fleeced mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia
subtype: #aoudad__arui__audad__Barbary_sheep__maned_sheep__manedsheep__Ammotragus_lervia wild sheep of northern Africa
subtype: #caprine_animal__caprineanimal__goat any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
subtype: #kid young goat
subtype: #billy_goat__billygoat__billy__he-goat male goat
subtype: #nanny-goat__nannygoat__nanny__she-goat__shegoat female goat
subtype: #domestic_goat__Capra_hircus any of various breeds raised for milk or meat or wool
subtype: #Cashmere_goat__Kashmir_goat Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool
subtype: #Angora_goat__Angora raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair
subtype: #wild_goat undomesticated goat
subtype: #bezoar_goat__pasang__Capra_aegagrus wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions
subtype: #markhor__Capra_falconeri large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns
subtype: #Capra_ibex__ibex wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns
subtype: #goat_antelope bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats
subtype: #mountain_goat__Rocky_Mountain_goat__Oreamnos_americanus sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America
subtype: #Naemorhedus_goral__goral small goat antelope with small conical horns; of South Asian mountains
subtype: #serow short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of south and southeast Asia
subtype: #chamois__Rupicapra_rupicapra hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips
subtype: #takin__gnu_goat__gnugoat__budorcastaxicolor large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area
subtype: #antelope graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
subtype: #blackbuck__black_buck__blackbuck__Antilope_cervicapra common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
subtype: #gerenuk__Litocranius_walleri slender east African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns
subtype: #addax__Addax_nasomaculatus large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa
subtype: #gnu__wildebeest large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
subtype: #dik-dik__dikdik any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit
subtype: #hartebeest large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
subtype: #sassaby__topi__Damaliscus_lunatus large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal
subtype: #impala__Aepyceros_melampus African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
subtype: #gazelle small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
subtype: #Thomson's_gazelle__Gazella_thomsoni E African Gazelle; smallest gazelle
subtype: #Gazella_subgutturosa a kind of gazelle
subtype: #springbok__springbuck__Antidorcas_marsupialis__Antidorcas_euchore South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
subtype: #bongo__Tragelaphus_eurycerus__Boocercus_eurycerus large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
subtype: #kudu__koodoo__koudou either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush
subtype: #greater_kudu__greaterkudu__tragelaphusstrepsicero a variety of kudu
subtype: #lesser_kudu__Tragelaphus_imberbis a smaller variety of kudu
subtype: #harnessed_antelope__harnessedantelope any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness
subtype: #nyala__Tragelaphus_angasi spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
subtype: #bushbuck__guib__Tragelaphus_scriptus antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns
subtype: #mountain_nyala__Tragelaphus_buxtoni shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia
subtype: #nilgai__nylghai__blue_bull__Boselaphus_tragocamelus large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
subtype: #sable_antelope__sableantelope__Hippotragus_niger large black east African antelope with sharp back-curving horns
subtype: #saiga__Saiga_tatarica goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
subtype: #steenbok__steinbok__Raphicerus_campestris small plains antelope of southeastern Africa
subtype: #eland either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
subtype: #common_eland__Taurotragus_oryx dark fawn-colored eland of South and East Africa
subtype: #giant_eland__gianteland__Taurotragus_derbianus large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa
subtype: #waterbuck any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
subtype: #Kobus_kob__kob an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa
subtype: #lechwe__Kobus_leche tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species
subtype: #puku__Adenota_vardoni an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck
subtype: #oryx__pasang large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
subtype: #gemsbok__gemsbuck__Oryx_gazella large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
subtype: #forest_goat__spindle_horn__spindlehorn__Pseudoryx_nghetinhensis cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat
subtype: #pronghorn_antelope__pronghornantelope__pronghorn__prongbuck__American_antelope__Antilocapra_americana fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
subtype: #deer__cervid distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
subtype: #pricket male deer in his second year
subtype: #fawn young deer
subtype: #red_deer__reddeer__cervuselaphu common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
subtype: #hart__stag male red deer
subtype: #hind female red deer
subtype: #brocket male red deer in its second year
subtype: #sambar__sambur__Cervus_unicolor South Asian deer with three-tined antlers
subtype: #wapiti__American_elk__Cervus_canadensis large North American deer with large much-branched antlers
subtype: #Japanese_deer__sika__Cervus_nipon__Cervus_sika small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
subtype: #Virginia_deer__white_tail__whitetail__white-tailed_deer__whitetail_deer__whitetaildeer__Odocoileus_Virginianus common North American deer; tail has a white underside
subtype: #mule_deer__burro_deer__burrodeer__Odocoileus_hemionus long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers
subtype: #black-tailed_deer__blacktail_deer__blacktaildeer__blacktail__odocoileushemionuscolumbianu mule deer of western Rocky Mountains
subtype: #European_elk__elk__Alces_alces large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America
subtype: #fallow_deer__Dama_dama small Eurasian deer
subtype: #roe_deer__roedeer__Capreolus_capreolus small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
subtype: #roebuck male roe deer
subtype: #Greenland_caribou__caribou__reindeer__Rangifer_tarandus arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America
subtype: #woodland_caribou__Rangifer_caribou any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
subtype: #barren_ground_caribou__Rangifer_arcticus of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
subtype: #brocket.deer small South American deer with unbranched antlers
subtype: #muntjac__barking_deer__barkingdeer small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark
subtype: #musk_deer__Moschus_moschiferus small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk
subtype: #pere_david's_deer__elaphure__Elaphurus_davidianus large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds
subtype: #chevrotain__mouse_deer__mousedeer very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
subtype: #Tragulus_kanchil__kanchil small chevrotain of southeastern Asia
subtype: #napu__Tragulus_Javanicus chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya
subtype: #water_chevrotain__waterchevrotain__water_deer__waterdeer__Hyemoschus_aquaticus largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa
subtype: #giraffe__camelopard__Giraffa_camelopardalis tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
subtype: #okapi__Okapia_johnstoni similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
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