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==Abundance, distribution, and domestication== Wild ruminants number at least 75 million<ref name="hackmann">Hackmann. T. J., and Spain, J. N. 2010.[http://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302%2810%2900105-0/abstract "Ruminant ecology and evolution: Perspectives useful to livestock research and production"]. ''Journal of Dairy Science'', 93:1320–1334</ref> and are native to all continents except Antarctica and Australia.<ref name="Fernández-2005" /> Nearly 90% of all species are found in Eurasia and Africa.<ref name="hackmann" /> Species inhabit a wide range of climates (from tropic to arctic) and habitats (from open plains to forests).<ref name="hackmann" /> The population of domestic ruminants is greater than 3.5 billion, with cattle, sheep, and goats accounting for about 95% of the total population. Goats were domesticated in the [[Near East]] ''circa'' 8000 BC. Most other species were domesticated by 2500 BC., either in the Near East or southern Asia.<ref name="hackmann" />
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