This document discusses ruminants, which are mammals that have a four-chambered stomach and regurgitate food to rechew it. Ruminants include cattle, goats, sheep, giraffes, and various other species. They have this digestive system to further break down plant matter and aid digestion. The process of rechewing partially digested cud is called ruminating, which gives ruminants their name.

2. Dairy Goats

3. Lambs
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7. Research
• Why do ruminants have 5 stomaches?
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8. What is a Ruminant?
• The process of rechewing the cud to further break down
plant matter and stimulate digestion is called
"ruminating". Ruminating mammals include cattle, goats,
sheep, giraffes, bison, yaks, water buffalo, deer, camels,
alpacas, llamas, wildebeest, antelope, pronghorn, and
nilgai. Taxonomically, the suborder Ruminantia includes
all those species except the camels, llamas, and
alpacas, which are Tylopoda. Therefore, the term
'ruminant' is not synonymous with Ruminantia. The word
"ruminant" comes from the Latin ruminare, which means
"to chew over again".