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Ruminantia
Temporal range: Late Eocene? to Recent
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Ruminantia

Scopoli, 1777
Families

 Tragulidae
 Moschidae
 Cervidae
 Giraffidae
 Antilocapridae
 Bovidae
 †Climacoceratidae

The biological suborder Ruminantia this majority of the Artiodactyla including sheep, goats, camels, and other forms which have a complex stomach and ruminate their food.

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