Kosher

Kashrut or kashruth, kashrus (Hebrew: כַּשְרוּת, kašrûṯ ) or "keeping kosher" (Hebrew: כָּשֵר, kāšēr) is the name of the Jewish dietary laws. Food in accord with halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English. It is from the Hebrew term kashér, meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption by Jews according to traditional Jewish law). The equivalent for Muslims, as per Islam, is Halal food.

Clean animals

 * Main Article: Clean animal

Taxonomy
One group of clean animals are defined in as having a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. The text further clarifies that both the cloven hoof and cud chewing are requirements, and lists several animals (i.e. camel, rabbit, and pig), which have only one characteristic and are impermissive. Modern taxonomists place these animals in the order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) and suborder Ruminantia (cud-chewing).

Order Artiodactyla
 * Suborder Ruminantia
 * Infraorder Pecora
 * Family Antilocapridae: pronghorn
 * Family Bovidae: cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope
 * Family Cervidae: deer
 * Family Giraffidae: Giraffe and Okapi
 * Family Moschidae: musk deer
 * Infraorder Tragulina
 * Family Tragulidae: chevrotains