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Bos Linnaeus, 1758
Bos Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 71, TS: Bos taurus Linnaeus
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Poephagus
Urus
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Novibos

Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1766
Domestic Ox
Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1766; Syst. Nat. (edn. 12) 1: 71, TL: Poland (domesticated)
Bos taurus Linnaeus, ?1758
Bos indicus Linnaeus, ?1758
B. t. primigenius Bojanus, 1827
Wild Ox Urus
Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827
Bos primigenius ; [MPR, 206]

Progenitor of domestic cattle, extinct in wild (since 1627?).


Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766
-. See [About maps] Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766; Syst. Nat. (edn. 12) 1: 99, TL: Boreal Asia (domesticated)
Domesticateed Yak
Bos poephagus Pallas, 1811
B. g. mutus (Przewalski, 1883)
Tibet, W.Kansu, Ladak, Pamirs Wild Yak
Poephaqus mutus Przewalski, 1883; (W. Nan Shan, Kansu, China)
Bos mutus ; [MPR, 206]

Ancestor of Domesticated Yak.


Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804
Pakistan, India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, S.Tibet, Yunnan, S.Vietnam, Kampuchea, Malay Peninsula. See [About maps] Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 7: 57, TL: Pakistan, NE. Chittagong (domesticated)
gaurus

Bos javanicus D'Alton, 1823
Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Malaysia, Java, Borneo. See [About maps] Bos javanicus D'Alton, 1823; Die Skelete der Wiederkauer, abgebildt und verglichen: 7, TL: Java (domesticated)
banteng

Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937
Kampuchea. See [About maps] Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937; Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 62: 307, TL: Kampuchea, near Tchep Village
Novibos sauveli ;


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[MPR]
Corbet, G. B, 1978; The Mammals of the Palearctic Region: a taxonomic review


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