Reference for Bekhorot 12:62

(במדבר יח, יז) אך בכור שור עד שיהא הוא שור ובכורו שור אבל לאכילה גמל הוא דאמר רחמנא דאסיר הא

Does R'Simeon require, in order that the animal may be permitted to be eaten, the head and the greater part of the body,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of an unclean animal born from a clean animal where R. Simeon forbids the eating, if the offspring has no marks similar to the mother, but permits it if there are marks similar to the mother, the question arises whether he requires that the offspring must be like the mother to the extent of its head and the greater part of the body?');">³⁶</span> or not? In connection with a firstling, Scripture writes: 'But the firstling of an ox'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XVIII, 17.');">³⁷</span> indicating [that the law of the firstling does not apply] until the animal is an ox and its firstborn is an ox.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the head and the greater part of the body to be similar to its mother.');">³⁸</span> But as regards permission for eating, the Divine Law says that only a camel is prohibited, but

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