Cud chewing animals are known as |
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a) |
Frugivorous |
b) |
Sanguivorous |
c) |
Ruminants |
d) |
Cannibals |
Cud chewing animals are known as |
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a) |
Frugivorous |
b) |
Sanguivorous |
c) |
Ruminants |
d) |
Cannibals |
(c)
Cud chewing animals are called ruminants because grazed food is swallowed into the rumen (a chamber of stomach) and mixed with mucus, undergoing partial and anaerobic digestion of cellulose by a symbiotic bacteria.