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Bos taurus taurus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898717

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                        GenusBos Linnaeus, 1758 – true cattle, oxen  
                                           SpeciesBos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 – domesticated cattle, domestic cattle (feral)  
                                              SubspeciesBos taurus taurus Linnaeus, 1758  
       

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  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 taurus taurus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  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   
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  Reference for: Bos taurus taurus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Caribbean  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
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    Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: The Mammal Diversity Database v2.1 (2025) notes on Bos taurus that it is a 'domestic form of B. primigenius; includes indicus, which is often treated as a distinct species; because both domestic forms originate from a single wild species, they are considered a single taxon here'  
 

 

    

 
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