Bos grunniens

Translingual

Bos grunniens

Proper noun

Bos grunniens m

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – domesticated yak.
A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – all yaks.

Usage notes

In a modern treatment subgenus Bos (Poephagus) is elevated to genus Poephagus, thus making Bos grunniens Poephagus grunniens.

Synonyms

Poephagus grunniens - species

Hypernyms

(all the yaks): Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Bovinae - subfamily; Bos - genus; Bos (Poephagus) - subgenus

Hyponyms

(all the yaks): Bos grunniens grunniens (domesticated yak), Bos grunniens mutus (wild yak)

Coordinate terms

(domesticated yak): Bos mutus (wild yak)

References

Yak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bos grunniens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bos grunniens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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