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Bos
Bos is the genus containing oxen.
Placement
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Order Artiodactyla
- Family Bovidae
- Subfamily Bovinae
- Genus Bos
Synonyms and common names
Ox, oxen, cattle.
Species
- Bos taurus (Western cattle, including oxen)
- Bos indicus (humped cattle of India and Africa; called zebu by Europeans)
- Bos frontalis (gaur, gayal[?] or Indian bison)
- Bos grunniens (yak; also Bos mutus)
- Bos sauveli (kouprey[?] or grey ox)
- Bos primigenius (aurochs - extinct 1627)
- Bos aegyptiacus (ancient Egyptian cattle; extinct)
- Bos javanicus (banteng[?])
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