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The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes (including goat-antelopes), sheep and goats. A member of this family is called a bovid. With 143 extant species and 300 known extinct species, the family Bovidae consists of 11 (or two) major subfamilies and
Bovidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a bovid. A member of this family is called a bovid. They are widespread throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, and are found in a variety of biomes, most typically forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland.
The members of this group are classified into loose ... Family Bovidae. ... Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary ...
This category contains articles about the subfamilies of the Bovidae family. See the subcategories for species specific information. Subcategories.
Prominent members include sheep and goats, with some other members referred to as goat antelopes. Some earlier taxonomies considered Caprinae a separate family called Capridae (with the members being caprids), but now it is usually considered either a subfamily within the Bovidae, or a tribe within the subfamily Antilopinae of the family ...
Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. [1] Its seven highly sociable species are known as sheep or ovines. Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
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Below is the listing of species recognized by Groves and Grubb (2011) [4] with species names following Castelló (2016) from Bovids of the World: [7] Subtribe Bovina (Gray, 1821) Genus Bos (Linnaeus, 1758) Bos javanicus (d'Alton, 1823) – Banteng; Bos sauveli (Urbain, 1937) – Kouprey; Bos gaurus (Hamilton-Smith, 1827) – Gaur; Bos frontalis ...