Le comportement du chevrotain africain, Hyemoschus aquaticus Ogilby (Artiodactyla, Ruminantia). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Ruminantia but it shows that these two groups have at one time been less widely divided. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844] Reference
The widely distributed genus Bos, has horns in both sexes, and in it we find the largest of the Ruminantia. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
After they have taken their food, these Ruminantia, as they are called, lie down, and remain in a state of complete repose, in order to chew it. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
The three last genera of which I shall treat are all Ruminantia, and are distinguished by their horns, which are divided into cells; and which cells communicate with the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
The dentition of the camel too is somewhat different from the rest of the Ruminantia, for in the front of the upper jaw there are two teeth placed laterally, one on each side, whereas in all other ruminating animals there are no cutting teeth in the upper jaw -- only. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
The centre metacarpal bones in the Ruminantia are fused into one common bone, except in the deerlets, which also have the two outer fore and little finger metacarpals distinct, whereas they are but rudimentary in the rest of the true ruminants, and totally absent in the camels. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
It would seem impossible for any animals to be more useful to man than the dog or the horse, yet these Ruminantia are still more precious to him, for while they serve him as beasts of burden, or transport, they perform agricultural labours and supply him generally with a variety of food. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
Artiodactyla | suborder = Ruminantia | family = Bovidae | subfamily = Bovinae | genus = Bos | species =. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
As I before stated in my introductory remarks on the Ruminantia, the first and fourth digits, there being no thumb, are but rudimentary, the metacarpal bones being reduced to mere splints; the digital phalanges are always in the same place, and bear the little false hoofs, which are situated behind and a little above the large centre ones, but the metacarpal splint is not always in the same place; it may either be annexed to the phalanges, or widely separated from them and placed directly under the carpus. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Ruminantia who have hollow horns. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
Ruminantia \ 6th month, that of a ruminant. From Wordnik.com. [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference
Ruminantia. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
Ruminantia 180. From Wordnik.com. [The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed] Reference
Ruminantia, 49, 74. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon] Reference
52 Ruminantia (oxen, stag, &c.). From Wordnik.com. [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference
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