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This is not correct. Jews can eat cloven-hoof mammals. However, this is necessary, but insufficient condition for determining a kosher land animal. It must also ruminate or chew its cud. Therefore, the pig which does have a cloven hoof but does not ruminate may not be consumed. Cows, deer, lamb, bison, antelope, goats, and several other animals that have a cloven hoof and ruminate can be kosher (if slaughtered properly).

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The Torah specifies that only animals that both chew their cud AND have split hooves are fit for consumption. If an animal does not meet both of these requirements, they are not fit to be eaten.

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