family Bovidae

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family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats Bovidae mammal family - a family of mammals Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels bovid - hollow-horned ruminants Bovinae, subfamily Bovinae - term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu Bovini, tribe Bovini - term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini Old World buffalo, buffalo - any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo Bubalus, genus Bubalus, tribe Bubalus - in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes genus Anoa - a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae genus Synercus, Synercus, tribe synercus - Cape buffalo Bibos, genus Bibos - wild ox genus Bison - sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo genus Ovibos, Ovibos - consisting of the musk-ox genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep Ammotragus, genus Ammotragus - genus of wild sheep genus Capra, Capra - goats goat antelope - bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats genus Oreamnos, Oreamnos - mountain goats genus Naemorhedus, Naemorhedus - gorals Capricornis, genus Capricornis - serows genus Rupicapra, Rupicapra - chamois Budorcas, genus Budorcas - gnu goats Antilope, genus Antilope - blackbucks genus Litocranius, Litocranius - antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks genus Addax - genus of antelopes of northern African deserts Connochaetes, genus Connochaetes - African antelopes: gnus genus Madoqua, Madoqua - genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa Alcelaphus, genus Alcelaphus - African antelopes: hartebeests Damaliscus, genus Damaliscus - African antelopes: sassabies Aepyceros, genus Aepyceros - African antelopes: impalas Gazella, genus Gazella - typical gazelles Antidorcas, genus Antidorcas - springboks genus Strepsiceros, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus - African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks Boselaphus, genus Boselaphus - Indian antelopes: nilgais genus Hippotragus, Hippotragus - sable antelopes genus Saiga - Eurasian antelopes: saigas genus Raphicerus, Raphicerus - African antelopes: steenboks genus Taurotragus, Taurotragus - African antelopes: elands genus Kobus, Kobus - African antelopes: waterbucks Adenota, genus Adenota - African antelopes: puku genus Oryx - African antelopes: oryxes genus Pseudoryx, Pseudoryx - species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992