Pecora

Pecora; Temporal range: 50–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene - recent
	Pronghorn antelope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Ruminantia
Infraorder:	Pecora; Flower, 1883[1]
Subgroups
	†Gelocidae; †Hoplitomerycidae; †Leptomerycidae Giraffomorpha †Palaeomerycidae Giraffoidea Giraffidae; †Climacoceratidae; ; ; ; Cervoidea Cervidae; Moschidae; ; Bovoidea Antilocapridae; Bovidae; ; ;

Pecora is Ruminantia's infraorder name only (ペコラ, Pekora). All pecorans, except the families Hydrotopes and Moschus have horns or antlers. "Pecora" comes from Latin meaning "horned lifestock". Some pecorans have horns, but the family Cervidae has antlers.

References

Flower, W. On the Arrangement of the Orders and Families of Existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 178 -186. 1883.

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[1] Flower, W. On the Arrangement of the Orders and Families of Existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 178 -186. 1883.