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What animals are non-ruminant?

In: Animal Life, Zoologists, Ruminants and Monogastrics [Edit categories] Ans er: !on-ruminants are also called "monogastrics"--animals ith a single-com#artment stomach$ %Ruminant stomachs ha&e four com#artments$' E(am#les of mongastric animals are humans, #rimates, s ine, dogs, cats, and e&en horses$ )here are se&eral a*s to distinguish ruminants from non-ruminant animals: Ruminants li+el* ha&e clo&en hoo&es %,ut then, again, so do s ine' A!- the* regurgitate and "che their cud$" )hat is, cattle, shee#, goats, camels, ,uffalo, etc, are all ruminants$ If one o,ser&es them closel* hile the* are "resting," the* ill often regurgitate a small ,olus of feed.mass of grass %a "cud"' and che it to further ,rea+ do n the feed.ingesta$ /ther animals that are "non-ruminant" are ,irds, fish, all +inds of re#tiles, amoe,as, #roto0oa, ,acteria, etc$ 1o, it ma* ,e easier to identif* ruminants than to identif* hat animals are non-ruminant2 What is the similarities ,et een non-ruminant animals from ruminant animals? In: Ruminants and Monogastrics[Edit categories] Ans er: )he* ,oth ha&e onl* one stomach, and #rimaril* #ertain to the differences in digesti&e s*stems ,et een mammals, not a&ians, re#tiles or am#hi,ians$ Ruminants ha&e a four-cham,ered stomach, hereas non-ruminants ha&e a sim#le stomach$

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