Herbiv'ora

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 672

Herbiv'ora ('plant-eaters'), in some of the classifications of the Mammalia, has been regarded as an order (co-ordinate with Carnivora), and by some been divided into Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla. See MAMMALIA, UNGULATA.

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