AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

DIGESTION IN DIFFERENT ANIMALS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is an example of a modified ruminant?
A
cattle
B
deer
C
llama
D
goat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This is similar to what cattle, sheep and goats do. However, llamas and alpacas have only a three-chambered stomach, rather than the four-chambered stomach of ruminant animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. Not true ruminants, llamas and alpacas are instead pseudoruminants.

Detailed explanation-2: -ruminant, (suborder Ruminantia), any mammal of the suborder Ruminantia (order Artiodactyla), which includes the pronghorns, giraffes, okapis, deer, chevrotains, cattle, antelopes, sheep, and goats.

Detailed explanation-3: -Small Ruminant (Sheep, Goats, Llamas, Alpacas)

Detailed explanation-4: -Ruminant livestock include cattle, sheep, and goats. Ruminants are hoofed mammals that have a unique digestive system that allows them to better use energy from fibrous plant material than other herbivores.

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