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Early camel, ruminant
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Ruminants, like Stenomylus and modern cows, chew their food and then partially digest it in the rumen of their stomach. Later, they regurgitate the remaining solid material, called a cud, into the mouth. Then they re-chew and swallow it for final digestion
Details
- Title: Early camel, ruminant
- Location: Harrison Formation, Sioux Co., Nebraska, United States, North America
- Physical Dimensions: L: 93 cm W: 20 cm H: 84.8 cm
- Type: Fossil
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): V16601
- Scientific Name: <i>Stenomylus hitchcocki</i>
- Photo Credit: Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Historic Period: Lived 25–20 million years ago
- Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Oligocene - Arikareean Lower
- Field: Paleobiology
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