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Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats

family Bovidae

mammal family - a family of mammals

Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels

bovid - hollow-horned ruminants

Bovinae, subfamily Bovinae - term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu

Bovini, tribe Bovini - term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos

Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini

Old World buffalo, buffalo - any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo

Bubalus, genus Bubalus, tribe Bubalus - in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes

genus Anoa - a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae

genus Synercus, Synercus, tribe synercus - Cape buffalo

Bibos, genus Bibos - wild ox

genus Bison - sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo

genus Ovibos, Ovibos - consisting of the musk-ox

genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep

Ammotragus, genus Ammotragus - genus of wild sheep

genus Capra, Capra - goats

goat antelope - bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats

genus Oreamnos, Oreamnos - mountain goats

genus Naemorhedus, Naemorhedus - gorals

Capricornis, genus Capricornis - serows

genus Rupicapra, Rupicapra - chamois

Budorcas, genus Budorcas - gnu goats

Antilope, genus Antilope - blackbucks

genus Litocranius, Litocranius - antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks

genus Addax - genus of antelopes of northern African deserts

Connochaetes, genus Connochaetes - African antelopes: gnus

genus Madoqua, Madoqua - genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa

Alcelaphus, genus Alcelaphus - African antelopes: hartebeests

Damaliscus, genus Damaliscus - African antelopes: sassabies

Aepyceros, genus Aepyceros - African antelopes: impalas

Gazella, genus Gazella - typical gazelles

Antidorcas, genus Antidorcas - springboks

genus Strepsiceros, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus - African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks

Boselaphus, genus Boselaphus - Indian antelopes: nilgais

genus Hippotragus, Hippotragus - sable antelopes

genus Saiga - Eurasian antelopes: saigas

genus Raphicerus, Raphicerus - African antelopes: steenboks

genus Taurotragus, Taurotragus - African antelopes: elands

genus Kobus, Kobus - African antelopes: waterbucks

Adenota, genus Adenota - African antelopes: puku

genus Oryx - African antelopes: oryxes

genus Pseudoryx, Pseudoryx - species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992

Translations

bóvido

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"Suidae, Tragulidae, Giraffidae, and Bovidae, in Sen S.

Short Communication - NEW FOSSILS OF SUIDAE (MAMMALIA) FROM DHOK PATHAN FORMATION OF SIWALIKS, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

Esto se fundamenta en el hecho de que existe relacion taxonomica y filogenica entre el Pudu y este grupo de especies, categorizandolos a lo menos como rumiantes de pequena talla, como menciona, Guzman (2007) en su estudio genetico del Pudu, donde describe que las familias Bovidae y Cervidae presentan cierto grado de parentesco.

Anatomical Description of the Bone Segments that make up the Skull of the Pudu puda Species/ Descripcion Anatomica de los Segmentos Oseos que Componen el Craneo de la Especie Pudu puda

Gazella lydekkeri (Cetartiodactyla: Ruminantia: Bovidae) from the middle Siwaliks of Hasnot (Late Miocene), Pakistan.

New Giraffokeryx and Giraffa (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) Dental Material from Lower Siwaliks of Northern Pakistan

They are from the family of Bovidae, and the sub family of Caprinae.

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Immunohistochemical detection of S-100 in the spleen of the Philippine swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis carabanensis Castillo, 1998) (Artiodactyla: Bovidae).

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Predation of bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis (Artiodactila: Bovidae) and mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus (Artiodactila: Cervidae) by Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) in Coahuila, Mexico

Depredacion del borrego Ovis canadensis (Artiodactila: Bovidae) y el venado bura Odocoileus hemionus (Artiodactila: Cervidae) por Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) en Coahuila, Mexico

2009: Tetracerus quadricornis (Aritiodactyla: Bovidae).

Activity and social behaviour of four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville, 1816) in tropical deciduous forests of Aravalli mountain range, Western India

These findings suggest that for the Bovidae family, [delta][sup.18]O samples removed from the buccal side of molars capture between 60% and 70% of the environmental variability, but the percentage varies from species to species.

Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Profiles of Sequentially Sampled Modern Bison (Bison bison bison) Teeth from Interior Alaska as Proxies of Seasonal Mobility

However, only in ruminants belonging to the Bovidae and Cervidae families do prion diseases behave as infectious and naturally occurring conditions.

Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria

Urial (Mammalia, Bovidae, Caprini) from the Kala Chitta range of northern Pakistan.