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Bos  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 183837

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Bison C. H. Smith, 1827
  
    Bonasus Fitzinger, 1860
  
    Bos (Bison) C. H. Smith, 1827
  
  Common Name(s): true cattle [English]
  
    oxen [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyBovidae Gray, 1821 – antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, bovids  
                                     SubfamilyBovinae Gray, 1821  
                                        TribeBovini Gray, 1821  
                                           GenusBos Linnaeus, 1758 – true cattle, oxen  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Bos bison Linnaeus, 1758 – American Bison, Plains Bison, Wood Bison, Buffalo, Bisonte americano 
                                              Species Bos bonasus Linnaeus, 1758 – European Wisent, Wisent 
                                              Species Bos caucasicus Satunin in Turkin and Satunin, 1904 – Caucasian Wisent 
                                              Species Bos domesticus Gans, 1915 – Bali Cattle 
                                              Species Bos frontalis A. B. Lambert, 1804 – Gayal, domestic gaur, mithan 
                                              Species Bos gaurus C. H. Smith, 1827 – Gaur, seledang 
                                              Species Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766 – Domestic Yak, Grunting Ox 
                                              Species Bos indicus Linnaeus, 1758 – Brahma cattle, Zebu Cattle 
                                              Species Bos javanicus d'Alton, 1823 – tsaine, Banteng 
                                              Species Bos mutus (Przewalski, 1883) – Yak, Wild Yak 
                                              Species Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827 – Auroch, Aurochs, urus, wild ox 
                                              Species Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937 – Kouprey 
                                              Species Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 – feral cattle, Taurine Cattle, domesticated cattle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Bos    
       
  Expert: Peter Grubb  
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Bos    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Mammal Diversity Database v2.1, database (version 2.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Mammal Diversity Database (04/2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.1) as of June 2025. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505   
  Reference for: Bos   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bos   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora   
  Page(s): 535   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-350   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bos   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals   
  Page(s): 885   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-77   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bos   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Bos   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bos   
       

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