Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Bos according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 1999
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Bos acutifrons, Bos bubaloides, Bos caffer, Bos chinensis, Bos frontalis, Bos gaurus, Bos grunniens, Bos indicus, Bos javanicus, Bos makapaani, Bos namadicus, Bos palaethiopicus, Bos planifrons, Bos platyrhinus, Bos primigenius, Bos sauveli
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Egypt (15), Italy (1), Kenya (12), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (2), Niger (1), Peru (1), South Africa (12), Sudan (5), United States (1: Virginia), Zambia (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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