Herds of cows and bulls are called cattle. They are herbivorous animals, which means they eat only plants.  They are important to people because they give us milk, meat, leather and many other products. The cattle is placed in genus Bos and family Bovidae. There are two species of modern cattle. The first one is B. taurus. Most of beef and dairy cattle belongs to these species. Other one is B. indicus. This species started in India and has a hump. We can find some of this cattle in Americas, Africa, and Asia but in smaller numbers than the other species.   All cattle are even-toed, hoofed animals. They belong to the order Ruminatia. All members of this order have four stomachs. They also have less teeth than other animals. They also have two horns. Horns of cattle do not branch and they are hollow. Other member of Bovidae are bison, buffalo and yak.

FOUR STOMACH MYSTERY The cow has four stomachs and has a special way of eating . Its' digestive system allows it break down the tough  food it eats. HOW COW DIGESTS: 1. cow swallows food 2. unchewed food goes to RUMEN and RETICULUM 3. cow stores food in RUMEN and RETICULUM 4. cow is now tired and rests 5. when she is hungry gain she will cough up some unchewed food (called cud!) 6. it will chew it completely and swallow it again 7.the cud goes to OMASUM and  ABOMASUM 8.in  OMASUM and  ABOMASUM food is fully digested 9. some of the digested food goes into blood 10. from blood it gets to the UDDER 11. Yap, that's how we get milk!!!!