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Is an elephant a ruminant animal?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 10/6/2023

No they are not ruminants. They actually have a digestive system similar to horses, and it is not very optimal, they have a rather great loss of nutrition's, which of course, is a benefit to other feces-eating species in the ecosystem.

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∙ 14y ago

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Is an elephnat a ruminent?

An elephant is a ruminant.

What is a female ruminant?

A ruminant animal that is of the female gender or sex.

What is an African ruminant starting with the letter e?

This would be an elephant.

What does an animal have to have to be ruminant?

A rumen.

Is the Impala a ruminant animal?

What animal does the omasum?

cow/ruminant

Is a fox a ruminant animal?

No it isnt

Is a man a ruminant?

No, a man is not a ruminant. A ruminant is an animal like a cow which digests plant material in a series of stomach compartments, with the help of bacteria.

Is a deer a non ruminant animal?

Yes.

Is the monkey a ruminant or a non-ruminant animal?

Non ruminant. Examples of ruminants are cattle, sheep, goats, deer.Interesting fact though : There is one species of monkey that is ruminant, at least, comparably so: colobinae

Where is amylase present in a non-ruminant animal?

The Liver.

What do you call a female ruminant animal that you want to breed that may or may not have been bred before?

A ruminant animal is one that lives on a grass diet and has multiple stomachs for digestion, like a cow. There term that applies to a ruminant animal that has not be used to breed is a maiden heifer. When the heifer does give birth, they are then considered a cow.