Cum igitur palati passim agros popularentur, Pecora a Veientibus obviam acta sunt; ad quae progressi Fabii in insidias delapsi omnes ad unum perierunt.
"Selections from Viri Romae"
Charles François L'Homond
Yet in this chaotic exuberance of life, certain important facts stand out clearly, among these none is of greater interest and importance than the genealogy of the true Ruminants, or Pecora, which may be traced from the upper Eocene onward.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others
To this invasion of the Pecora, or true ruminants, it seems probable that the decline and eventual disappearance of the camels is to be ascribed.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others