Bovidae

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Bovidae is a large family of hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, characterized by permanent bony horns and typically complex social behavior.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bovidae canonical 104
Caprinae 4
Antilopinae 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade of mammals
taxonomic family
class Mammalia
commonName bovids
describedBy John Edward Gray
describedInYear 1821
diet browsing on leaves and shrubs
grazing on grasses
economicImportance source of hides
source of meat
source of milk
source of wool
used as draft animals
habitat deserts
grasslands
mountains
savannas
hasCharacteristic cloven hooves
even-toed ungulate
four-chambered stomach
herbivorous diet
horns not shed annually
possesses permanent bony horns
ruminant
typically complex social behavior
includesSubfamily Aepycerotinae
Alcelaphinae
Bovidae self-linksurface differs
surface form: Antilopinae

Bovinae
Caprinae
Caprini
Cephalophinae
Hippotraginae
Pantholopinae
Peleinae
Reduncinae
includesTaxon Aepyceros melampus
Alcelaphinae
surface form: Alcelaphus buselaphus

Indian gazelle
surface form: Antilope cervicapra

Bison bison
Bos taurus
Capra hircus
Oryx gazella
Ovis
surface form: Ovis aries

Syncerus caffer
infraorder Pecora
kingdom Animalia
nativeRange Africa
Eurasia
North America
parts of Arctic regions
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
reproduction viviparous
suborder Ruminantia
taxonRank family
typeSpecies Bos taurus

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artiodactyla includesTaxon Bovidae
Bovidae includesSubfamily Bovidae self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Antilopinae
Indian gazelle family Bovidae
greater kudu family Bovidae
Ruminantia includesTaxon Bovidae
walia ibex family Bovidae
walia ibex subfamily Bovidae
this entity surface form: Caprinae
Moschidae relatedTo Bovidae
Bos taurus family Bovidae
Capra hircus family Bovidae
Bos indicus family Bovidae
Ovis orientalis family Bovidae
Ovis orientalis subfamily Bovidae
this entity surface form: Caprinae
Tatra chamois family Bovidae
Arabian oryx family Bovidae
Alcelaphinae family Bovidae
Alcelaphinae subfamilyOf Bovidae
Reduncinae parentTaxon Bovidae
Reduncinae family Bovidae
Reduncinae belongsToClade Bovidae
Cephalophinae parentTaxon Bovidae
Cephalophinae family Bovidae
Cephalophinae subfamilyOf Bovidae
Hippotraginae parentTaxon Bovidae
Hippotraginae family Bovidae
Hippotraginae subfamilyOf Bovidae
Aepycerotinae family Bovidae
Aepycerotinae subfamilyOf Bovidae
Bison bison family Bovidae
Syncerus caffer family Bovidae
Pantholopinae parentTaxon Bovidae
Pantholopinae parentTaxon Bovidae
this entity surface form: Caprinae
Pantholopinae family Bovidae
Oryx gazella family Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus family Bovidae
Caprini parentTaxon Bovidae
this entity surface form: Caprinae
Caprini parentTaxon Bovidae
Caprini family Bovidae
kirk’s dik-dik family Bovidae
subject surface form: Kirk’s dik-dik
Siberian ibex family Bovidae
Altai argali family Bovidae
Tragelaphus family Bovidae
Nilgiri tahr family Bovidae
chinkara family Bovidae
mountain nyala parentTaxon Bovidae
mountain nyala family Bovidae
Capra walie family Bovidae
Alpine ibex family Bovidae
Pecora includesTaxon Bovidae