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Taxonomy
Ovibos was named by Blainville (1816). It is extant. Its type is Bos moschatus.
It was assigned to Bovidae by Blainville (1816), Carroll (1988); to Ovibovini by Grubb (2001); to Caprinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Caprini by Calamari (2021).
It was assigned to Bovidae by Blainville (1816), Carroll (1988); to Ovibovini by Grubb (2001); to Caprinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Caprini by Calamari (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1816 | Ovibos Blainville |
| 1902 | Ovibos Hay p. 687 |
| 1980 | Ovibos Kurten and Anderson p. 334 |
| 1988 | Ovibos Carroll |
| 2001 | Ovibos Grubb p. 384 |
| 2008 | Ovibos Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2021 | Ovibos Calamari |
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G. Ovibos Blainville 1816 [muskox]
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Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 [muskox]
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Invalid names: Ovibos proximus Bensley 1923 [synonym]
†Ovibos yukonensis Gidley 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available