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Question
CBSEENBI11003053

Ruminants belong to order

  • Proboscida

  • Artiodactyla

  • Marsupials

  • Edentata

Solution

B.

Artiodactyla

Ruminants have the habit of chewing the cud. Stomach of ruminants have four parts, ie, rumen, reticulum, omassum, abomassum. They belong to Order- Artiodactyla of Class- Mammalia, eg, cow, sheep, goat.

Elephants belong to Order- Proboscidea of Class- Mammalia.

Marsupials are the members of subclass- Metatheria, in which a pouch marsupium is present for keeping and nourishing the young ones, eg, kangaroo.