Bos grunniens Linnaeus 1766 (yak)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Synonym: Bos bunnelli Frick 1937

Belongs to Bos according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 1999

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Alroy 2002, Frick 1937 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Bos acutifrons, Bos bubaloides, Bos caffer, Bos chinensis, Bos frontalis, Bos gaurus, Bos indicus, Bos javanicus, Bos makapaani, Bos namadicus, Bos palaethiopicus, Bos planifrons, Bos platyrhinus, Bos primigenius, Bos sauveli, Bos taurus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bos grunniens in the database

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