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Bookmark or Share- Musk ox | Arctic Mammal, Adaptations & Behavior | BritannicaMusk ox, (Ovibos moschatus), shaggy-haired Arctic ruminant of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). Musk oxen are stocky mammals with large heads, short necks, and short, stout legs. Their name derives from their musky odour and from their superficial resemblance to the ox, though they are not.
- Bovidae - WikipediaBovidae. The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, yaks, bison, buffalo, antelopes (including goat-antelopes ), sheep and goats. A member of this family is called a bovid.
- ADW: Bovidae: INFORMATIONBovids are the largest of 10 extant families within Artiodactyla, consisting of more than 140 extant and 300 extinct species. Designation of subfamilies within Bovidae has been controversial and many experts disagree about whether Bovidae is monophyletic or not.
- Bison | Size, Population, Diet, & Facts | Britannicabison, (genus Bison), either of two species of oxlike grazing mammals that constitute the genus Bison of the family Bovidae. The American bison ( B. bison ), commonly known as the buffalo or the plains buffalo, is native to North America , and the European bison ( B. bonasus ), or wisent, is native to Europe .
- Family Bovidae - Cattle, antelopes, and goats - Ultimate UngulateThe Bovidae are the most diverse group of living ungulates with 143 Recent species (over 55% of modern ungulates). Bovids are primarily Old World in their distribution, although a few species are found in North America.
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