Midrash for Chullin 141:12
חיה טהורה בכלל בהמה טהורה לסימנים חיה טמאה בכלל בהמה טמאה להרבעה בהמה טמאה בכלל חיה טמאה לכדרבי
unclean cattle come under 'unclean wild animals' with regard to the following teaching of Rabbi.
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 14:4) "This is the beast that you may eat: the ox, the lamb of sheep, and the kid of goats, the hart, the gazelle, and the fallow deer" — whence we derive that animals (the last three) are in the category of "beast."
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