Question

What are ruminants? and examples

Answer 1

Answer:

Ruminants are the mammals that can digest cellulose from plants and chew the cud. The common examples of ruminant are cow and goat.

Answer 2

• Ruminants are herbivorous grazing or browsing animals with broad hoofed hooves that may get nutrients from plant-based diet by fermenting it in a specialized stomach before digestion, primarily through microbial activity.
• The fermented ingesta is generally regurgitated and chewed again after the process, which takes place in the front section of the digestive tract and is called foregut fermentation.
• Rumination is the act of chewing the cud again in order to break down plant materials more thoroughly and accelerate digestion.
• Ruminant is derived from the Latin ruminare, which meaning "to chew over again."