Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Bovidae

Original position

Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Bovini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Bos bison Linnaeus, 1758
Bos bonasus Linnaeus, 1758
Bos bubalis Linnaeus, 1758
Bos indicus Linnaeus, 1758
Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Bison (Subgenus) Smith, 1827

Current position

Bovini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 445.

Alternative positions

Bovidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 130.
Bovinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 400.
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 98.

Historical positions

Bovini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 445-446.
Bovinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 400-401.
Bovidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 130.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Bovini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1061.
Bovidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 98.
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 71.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5s;12ss; ‡1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1993	P. Grubb	[5s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[5[9]s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	5s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s;2v]