BOVIDAE, Gray, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6512484 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6581173 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F50713-994B-FFF0-0222-FDE2F7DBFAE6 |
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Conny |
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BOVIDAE |
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Family BOVIDAE View in CoL
(HOLLOW-HORNED RUMINANTS)
• Fairly small to very large ruminants with hollow horns in males or in both sexes with a bony core, growing directly from the skull, and toes encased in sturdy hooves.
• 40-480 cm. View Figure
• Holarctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan Regions. View Figure
• From desert and open plains, through forest to mountain areas; from cold temperate zones to tropics.
• 54 genera, 279 species,at least 348 extant taxa.
• 10 species Critically Endangered, 25 species Endangered, 52 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct in the Wild; 2 subspecies and 10 species Extinct since 1600.
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