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ANIMAL RUMIANTE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2003-12-23
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mammals
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ruminant
1, record 1, English, ruminant
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Ruminantia 2, record 1, English, Ruminantia
Latin
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Refers to any eventoed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia (such as cattle, bison, sheep, goats, deer, elk and antelope); any cloven-hoofed mammal characterized by having a stomach divided into four compartments and chewing a cud consisting of regurgitated, partially digested food. 2, record 1, English, - ruminant
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
... any of a suborder (Ruminantia) of four-footed, hoofed, even-toed, and cud-chewing mammals, as the cattle, buffalo, goat, deer, camel, antelope, giraffe, etc., having a stomach with four chambers (the "rumen", "reticulum", "omasum", and "abomasum") ... 3, record 1, English, - ruminant
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mammifères
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ruminant
1, record 1, French, ruminant
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- Ruminantia 2, record 1, French, Ruminantia
Latin
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le ruminant actuel est défini par les caractères que voici: pattes à doigts III et IV seuls persistants ou beaucoup plus développés que les doigts latéraux - métacarpiens ou métatarsiens III et IV soudés en os canon-denture incomplète par absence d'incisives et de canines supérieures - molaires à fût élevé et à couronne plate de type sélénodonte - frontal portant en général des cornes ou des bois - estomac pluriloculaire et capable de rumination. Mis à part ce dernier caractère, qu'il est impossible d'observer à l'état fossile, tous les autres sont connus pour avoir évolué graduellement depuis le début de l'ère tertiaire [...] 3, record 1, French, - ruminant
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
[...] groupe de mammifères ongulés artiodactyles à deux doigts, dont l'estomac complexe permet aux aliments de remonter dans la bouche. 4, record 1, French, - ruminant
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mamíferos
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- rumiante
1, record 1, Spanish, rumiante
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Ungulado con pezuñas, que rumia. 1, record 1, Spanish, - rumiante
Record 1, Key term(s)
- animal rumiante
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