Bovines facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bovinae
Water Buffalo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae Gray, 1821

Bovinae is a subfamily of the even-toed ungulate family Bovidae. About 26 species of bovines belong to this subfamily.

Bovines are herbivores, and they mostly eat grass.

Taxonomy

• Subfamily Bovinae
  • Tribe Boselaphini
    • Genus Tetracerus
      • Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)
    • Genus Boselaphus
      • Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus
  • Tribe Bovini
    • Genus Bubalus
      • Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
      • Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)
      • Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)
      • Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
    • Genus Syncerus
      • African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
    • Genus Bos
      • Zebu Cattle (Bos indicus)
      • Kouprey (Bos sauveli)
      • Banteng (Bos javanicus)
      • Gaur (Bos frontalis or Bos gaurus)
      • Yak (Bos grunniens)
      • Aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius) †
      • Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus)
    • Genus Pseudoryx
      • Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)
    • Genus Bison
      • American Bison (Bison bison)
      • Wisent (Bison bonasus)
  • Tribe Strepsicerotini
    • Genus Tragelaphus
      • Sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekeii
      • Nyala, Tragelaphus angasii
      • Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus
      • Mountain Nyala, Tragelaphus buxtoni
      • Lesser Kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis
      • Greater Kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
      • Bongo (antelope), Tragelaphus eurycerus
    • Genus Taurotragus
      • Common Eland, Taurotragus oryx
      • Giant Eland, Taurotragus derbianus

The four genera Tetracerus, Boselaphus, Tragelaphus and Taurotragus are sometimes put into their own subfamily Tragelaphinae, and sometimes with the bovines.

Images for kids

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  Bovine skull.

See also

In Spanish: Bovinos para niños