Bos palaesondaicus
Extinct species of mammal
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Bos palaesondaicus occurred on Pleistocene Java (Indonesia) and belongs to the Bovinae subfamily. It has been described by the Dutch paleoanthropologist Eugène Dubois in 1908.[1] The holotype of Bos palaesondaicus is a skull from Trinil. This species is the likely ancestor to the banteng (Bos javanicus).[2][3]
| Bos palaesondaicus Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Bos palaesondaicus skull at the Bandung Geological Museum. | |
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| Partial skull at Naturalis. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bos |
| Species: | †B. palaesondaicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bos palaesondaicus (Dubois, 1908) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bibos palaesondaicus Dubois, 1908 | |
