Bovina (subtribe)

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Family:Bovidae
Bovina
Temporal range: Late Miocene - present, 13.7–0 Ma [1]
Texas Longhorn cattle (Bos taurus; top image) and a herd of American bison (Bison bison; bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Tribe: Bovini
Subtribe: Bovina
Gray, 1821
Type genus
Bos
Genera
Synonyms
  • Bibovina (Rütimeyer, 1865 sensu Mekayev, 2002)
  • Bistonia (Rütimeyer, 1865)
  • Poephagina (Mekayev, 2002)
  • Pseudonovibovina (Kuznetsov et al., 2002)

Bovina is a subtribe of the Bovini tribe that generally includes the two living genera, Bison and Bos.[2] However, this dichotomy has been challenged recently by molecular work that suggests that Bison should be regarded as a subgenus of Bos.[3][4][5][6] Wild bovinans can be found naturally in North America and Eurasia (although domestic and feral populations have been introduced worldwide).[7]

Placement within Bovini

References

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