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Taxonomy
Bos taurus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Bos taurus Linnaeus p. 71 |
1860 | Bos taurus Leidy p. 110 |
1911 | Bos taurus Thomas p. 154 |
1999 | Bos taurus Hassanin and Douzery p. 899 |
2008 | Bos taurus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 [cow]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999 |
Age range: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (58 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Bos taurus (189573) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Bos taurus (189574) | |
Pleistocene | Egypt | Bos taurus (21885 21886 21887 21888 21890 21891 21892 21898 21899 21901 21905 21906) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Bos taurus (21867) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Bos taurus (21856 21857 21859) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt | Bos taurus (21900) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Sudan | Bos taurus (21869 21870 21872 21873) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Bos taurus (21950) | |
Quaternary | Italy (Lombardia) | Bos taurus (36376) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | South Africa | Bos taurus (115167) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) | Bos taurus (32113) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) | Bos taurus (32124) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) | Bos taurus (32093) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Bos taurus (107875) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Bos taurus (21922) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Bos taurus (63340 63343 63344) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Bos taurus (21921 21930) | |
Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Bos taurus (21861 21908 21942 21943 21944 21947) | |
Holocene | Kenya | Bos taurus (21932 21933 21934 21935 21936 21937 21938 22310) | |
Holocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) | Bos taurus (32107) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Bos taurus (21958) | |
Holocene | Netherlands | Bos taurus (122115) | |
Holocene | Peru | Bos taurus (71329) | |
Holocene | Zambia | Bos taurus (21894) | |
Holocene | Egypt | Bos taurus (21878 21907) | |
Holocene | Niger | Bos taurus (83304) |