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A cow gives 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime

 

 
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bos
Species: Bos primigenius
Subspecies B. p. taurus
Binomial name:Bos primigenius taurus

Cow belongs to a class of animals known as ruminants. Ruminants are cleave hoofed animals. They have unique stomach with four chambers. They feed on grass whenever available and partially chew the food. The partially digested food is called cud. The ruminants have an unusual dental formula. The intestine is also designed in such a way that it can hold large volume of materials in it. They basically feed on fibre rich food.