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Anatomy of Ruminants, Beef & Dairy Breeds

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Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Subclass: Eutheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovinae
Genus: Bos
Species: B. primigenius
Subspecies: *B. taurus
B. indicus*
Image: Taxonomy
Anatomical terms
Pins and hooks are anatomical locations used to describe ruminant conformation; the length between the 2 is important during livestock judging; the longer the length, the better
Image: Anatomical terms
Bovine skeleton
Image: Bovine skeleton
Bovine joints
Cattle, sheep, and goats are cloven-hoofed (split hooves); fetlock, pastern, coffin bones
Cow and sheep skull
The brain is situated within the cranium - a box-like posterior part of the skull.

The brain is connected to the spinal cord through a large hole, the foramen magnum.

The foramen magnum is flanked by two large knobs or occipital condyles that form a joint with the first cervical vertebra of the neck.

Sinuses or spaces are present between the inner and outer cranial walls.
Image: Cow and sheep skull

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