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Bison bonasus

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Bos bonasus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Bison bonasus by Allen (1877), Thomas (1911), Millot (1945), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. degiulii, B. schoetensacki, B. voigtstedtensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Bos bonasus Linnaeus p. 71
1849Bison europaeus Owen
1877Bison bonasus Allen p. 448
1911Bison bonasus Thomas p. 154
1945Bison bonasus Millot p. 3
2008Bison bonasus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
genusBisonHamilton-Smith 1827
speciesbonasus()

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.

Bison bonasus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Bison europaeus Owen 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available