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RUMINANTIA

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RUMINANTIA , a

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TERM

term employed by

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CUVIER, GEORGES LEOPOLD CHRETIEN FREDERIC DAGOBERT, BARON (1769-1832)

Cuvier to include all the existing artiodactyle ruminating ungulate mammals now classed under the

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PECORA (plural of Lat. pecus, cattle)

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TYLOPODA (Gr. for boss-footed, in reference to the cushion-like pads forming the soles of the feet)

Tylopoda and TraguIina . By

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PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

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Weber it is employed as a collective designation for these groups, together with the

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EXTINCT

extinct Anthracotheroidea and Dichobunoidea; but its use seems best restricted to a

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general term rather than a definite systematic

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GROUP

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