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Taxon: Genus Ovibos Blainville, 1816 - muskox (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation de Blainville, 1816
Original name de Blainville, 1816:76.
Original rank
Original spelling

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 ofOvibovini (Tribe) Gill, 1872
Type, by original designationOvibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780)

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namemuskox
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