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Taxon: Genus Bos Linnaeus, 1758 - oxen (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 71. ≡

Etymology

Latin (subst. [masc.]) bōs (gen.: bovis), ox. Ref: ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.4.2 (Examples).
Latin (subst. [masc.]) bōs (gen.: bovis), cow. Ref: ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.4.2 (Examples).

Gender

Masculine Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 30.1.4.2 (Examples).

Types

Type of: Bovini (Tribe) Gray, 1821
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Bos (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable name: Bos (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Bibos (Genus) Hodgson, 1837 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including: Pseudonovibos (Genus) Peter & Feiler, 1994, nom. dub. Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 690.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: echte runderen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: oxen
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