2024年5月30日 · Consequently, ruminant animals are also exclusively types of herbivorous mammals. It is a misconception that ruminants have four separate stomachs. Instead, they have one compartmentalized stomach. Ruminant animals are characterized by their method of digesting food in two phases. Like all animals, they start their digestion after eating food.

2025年1月4日 · Ruminant, any mammal of the suborder Ruminantia (order Artiodactyla), Most have a four-chambered stomach and two-toed feet. Some, however, have a three-chambered stomach. The upper incisors are reduced or sometimes absent. Ruminants are known for regurgitating and rechewing masses of grass or foliage called cud.