- Pecora
Taxobox
name = Pecora
image_width = 200px
image_caption =Pronghorn
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Artiodactyla
subordo =Ruminantia
infraordo = Pecora
infraordo_authority = Flower, 1883
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =Moschidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Antilocapridae
Bovidae The Pecora is a group of hoofed mammals that comprises most of the
ruminant s, including cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes, deer, giraffes, and pronghorn. The only extant members of theRuminantia that are not pecorans are thechevrotain s, which lack horns and whose four-chambered stomach is less developed than those of the pecorans. This gives rise to the pecorans sometimes being called "horned ruminants". Pecorans are also known as "higher ruminants", because they arose more recently than other ruminant groups. Although Pecora is a well-supportedclade , the exact relationships among families within it are in dispute.Classification
* ORDER
Artiodactyla
** SuborderSuina
** SuborderTylopoda
** Suborder Ruminantia
*** Infraorder Tragulina
**** FamilyTragulidae :chevrotain s
*** Infraorder Pecora
**** FamilyGiraffidae :giraffe andokapi
**** FamilyBovidae :cattle ,goat s,sheep , andantelope
**** FamilyMoschidae :musk deer
**** FamilyAntilocapridae :pronghorn
**** FamilyCervidae :deer References
cite journal | author = Flower, W.H. | year = 1883 | title = On the arrangement of the orders and families of existing Mammalia | journal = Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London | volume = 1883 | pages = 178–186
cite journal | author = Hassanin, Alexandre, & Douzery, Emmanuel J. P. | year = 2003 | title = Molecular and morphological phylogenies of Ruminantia and the alternative position of the Moschidae | journal = Systematic Biology | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 206–228 | doi = 10.1080/10635150390192726
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