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Bos (from Latin bōs: cow, ox, bull) is a genus of bovines, which includes, among others, wild and domestic cattle.. Bos is often divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but including these last three divisions within the genus Bos without including Bison is believed to be paraphyletic by many workers on the classification of the genus since the 1980s.
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos . Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls .
The name "Bovidae" was given by the British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1821. [1] The word "Bovidae" is the combination of the prefix bov- (originating from Latin bos , "ox", through Late Latin bovinus ) and the suffix -idae .
A bull A Charolais bull. A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus ().More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species (i.e. cows proper), bulls have long been an important symbol in many religions, including for sacrifices.
Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.
Both scientific names Bos taurus and Bos indicus were introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, with the latter used to describe humped cattle in China. [3]The zebu was classified as a distinct species by Juliet Clutton-Brock in 1999, [8] but as a subspecies of the domestic cattle, Bos taurus indicus, by both Clutton-Brock and Colin Groves in 2004 [9] and by Peter Grubb in 2005. [10]
Below is the listing of species recognized by Groves and Grubb (2011) [4] with species names following Castelló (2016) from Bovids of the World: [7] Subtribe Bovina (Gray, 1821) Genus Bos (Linnaeus, 1758) Bos javanicus (d'Alton, 1823) – Banteng; Bos sauveli (Urbain, 1937) – Kouprey; Bos gaurus (Hamilton-Smith, 1827) – Gaur; Bos frontalis ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Hirola. B. hunteri (P. L. Sclater, 1889) Border between Kenya and Somalia: Size: 120–205 cm (47–81 in) long, plus 30–45 cm (12–18 in) tail [10] Habitat: Savanna, shrubland, and grassland [11] Diet: Grass, as well as forbs [10] [11] CR