Q. Cud chewing animals are known as
A) Frugivorous
B) Sanguivorous
C) Ruminants
D) Cannibals
Explanation
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.
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