Superfamily Bovoidea Gray 1821 (ruminant)
Synonym: Booidea Gill 1872
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Pecora according to Y. Li et al. 2022
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Mead and Taylor 2005 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Antilocapridae, Babameryx, Bugtimeryx, Camelopardalidae, Cervoidea, Giraffomorpha, Leptomerycidae, Namibiomeryx, Orangemeryx, Prodremotheridae, Propalaeoryx, Sperrgebietomeryx, Walangania
Subtaxa: Amphimoschus Bovidae Moschidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser