Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Bos
Expert:
Peter Grubb
Notes:
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England
Reference for:
Bos
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Bos
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Bos
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
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Reference for:
Bos
Bos: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Bos: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Includes Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:380). Genus traditionally comprises B. frontalis or Bibos group (includes also B. javanicus and B. sauveli), B. taurus or nominate Bos group, and B. grunniens or Poephagus group. From cranial morphometrics Groves (1981d) suggested that Bibos group is paraphyletic, B. sauveli is related to B. taurus, and Bison should be included in Bos. From mtDNA sequences, the most parsimonious cladogram suggested that Poephagus ...