Bovinae Gray 1821

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 689

Bovinae Gray 1821

Bovinae Gray 1821 , London Med. Repos., 15: 308.

Genera: 9 genera with 24 species:

Genus Bison H. Smith 1827 (2 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Bos Linnaeus 1758 (5 species with 11 subspecies)

Genus Boselaphus de Blainville 1816 (1 species)

Genus Bubalus C. H. Smith 1827 (4 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Pseudoryx Dung, Giao, Chinh, Tuoc, Arctander and MacKinnon 1993 (1 species)

Genus Syncerus Hodgson 1847 (1 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Taurotragus Wagner 1855 (2 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Tetracerus Leach 1825 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Tragelaphus de Blainville 1816 (7 species with 18 subspecies)

Discussion: Boselaphini includes Boselaphus and Tetraceros ; Bovini includes Bison , Bos , Bubalus , Pseudoryx and Syncerus ; and Tragelaphini includes Taurotragus and Tragelaphus . Tetracerotidae , as Tetracerotini, has priority over Boselaphini but has only been used since 1899 as junior to Boselaphini so should not replace it (Article 35.5, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). Strepsiceriae as Strepsicerotini has priority over Tragelaphini, but the junior synonym is in general use and should continue to be used, until an appropriate submission is made to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Subtribe Pseudoryina is wrongly constructed and should be Pseudorygina ; inadvertantly redescribed as tribe Pseudorygini by Grubb (2001 b). Eubovini Geraads, 1992, is unavailable (not based on a recognised genus). Tribe Bovini revised by Groves (1981 d) and Geraads (1992).