Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Bovini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Burney et al. 2008, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Carroll 1988, Gentry 2010, Gray 1825, Grubb 2001, Hassanin and Douzery 1999, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758, Lydekker 1878, Lydekker 1880, Owen 1848 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Bovina, Bubalina, Pelorovis, Pseudorygini, Ugandax
Subtaxa: Bos acutifrons Bos bubaloides Bos caffer Bos chinensis Bos frontalis Bos gaurus Bos grunniens 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:
• Quaternary of Algeria (4 collections), Argentina (3), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Egypt (40), Eritrea (1), France (8), Georgia (1), Germany (4), Greece (11), India (3), Israel (5), Italy (19), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (13), Madagascar (2), Morocco (5), the Netherlands (5), Niger (1), North Atlantic (1), Peru (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (12), Spain (21), Sudan (7), Syria (2), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (2), Turkmenistan (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: Mississippi, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), India (2)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 196 collections including 205 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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