SC - Non-member submission - RE: Special needs

[Jenne Heise]

> > Sorry, bud, rabbits are lagomorphs, not bovines. (No hooves, for one
> > thing...)
> 
> Ok, what is a "lagomorph"? 

European/domestic rabbits, hares, cottontails, and pikas are lagomorphs.

>Are all hooved animals bovines? Or just
> some? For instance, is a horse a bovine?

A quick search of the reference books reveals: Only animals of the genus Bos are bovines
(cattle, buffaloes, etc.), properly speaking. However, in general usage is sometimes
expanded to mean animals of the family Bovidae, which includes sheep and goats as well.
  
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