Bovidae — Cattle Family
Sheep
Ovis aries vignei Blyth, 1841
This is a detailed description of domestic sheep (Ovis aries vignei), covering their traits, reproduction, and use as food.
Asian Mouflon
Ovis gmelini Linnaeus, 1758
Ovis gmelini (mouflon) is a wild sheep with distinct appearance, behavior, and potential for cloning as a conservation tool.
Muskox
Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780)
Ovibos moschatus (muskoxen) are Arctic hoofed mammals known for thick prized wool and herd defensive behavior.
Mountain Goat
Oreamnos americanus (Blainville, 1816)
Oreamnos americanus, the North American mountain goat, is an alpine climbing caprid with a detailed description of its traits, range, and life cycle.
Himalayan Takin
Budorcas taxicolor tibetana Milne-Edwards, 1874
The takin is a large caprine ungulate native to the eastern Himalayas, and the national animal of Bhutan.
Aoudad
Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777)
Ammotragus lervia, the Barbary sheep, is a Saharan North African ungulate with specific physical traits and declining native populations.
Japanese Serow
Capricornis crispus (Temminck, 1836)
Capricornis crispus, the Japanese serow, is an endemic even-toed ungulate native to three main Japanese islands.
Mainland Serow
Capricornis sumatraensis (Bechstein, 1799)
Capricornis sumatraensis, the mainland serow, is a browsing horned ungulate found across South and Southeast Asia.
Taiwan Serow
Capricornis swinhoei Gray, 1862
Capricornis swinhoei, the only native Taiwan bovid, has defined physical traits and a specific annual reproductive cycle.
Nilgiri Tahr
Hemitragus hylocrius (Ogilby, 1838)
Nilgiri tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius) is a stocky goat endemic to South Western Ghats montane grasslands in India, whose population was reduced by 19th century hunting.
Bontebok/Blesbok
Damaliscus pygargus (Pallas, 1767)
Damaliscus pygargus is an antelope species with two distinct variants, bontebok and blesbok, differing in appearance, range and herd size.
Tsessebe
Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell, 1823)
Damaliscus lunatus, the topi, is a large African antelope species with lekking breeding behaviour and a specialist grassland habitat preference.
Common Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)
Connochaetes taurinus, the blue wildebeest, is a migratory African antelope with defined physical, behavioral, and reproductive traits.
Black Wildebeest
Connochaetes gnou (Zimmermann, 1780)
Connochaetes gnou, the black wildebeest, is a southern African antelope with distinct white tails.
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus (Pallas, 1766)
Alcelaphus buselaphus, the hartebeest, is a large African antelope with distinct subspecies and social grazing behavior.
Light-backed Duiker
Cephalophus silvicultor (Afzelius, 1815)
Cephalophus silvicultor, the yellow-backed duiker, is the largest duiker species, with shy elusive behavior and little studied ecology.
Bay Duiker
Cephalophus dorsalis Gray, 1846
The bay duiker is a moderately sized nocturnal African forest antelope with a distinct black dorsal stripe.
Bush Duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sylvicapra grimmia is a species with widely varying colouration across its range, 14 described subspecies, and horned males.
Blue Duiker
Philantomba monticola (Thunberg, 1789)
Philantomba monticola, the blue duiker, is the world's smallest duiker, a small African forest-dwelling antelope.
Bohor Reedbuck
Redunca redunca (Pallas, 1767)
The bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca) is an African medium-sized antelope endemic to the continent, showing distinct sexual dimorphism.
Southern Reedbuck
Redunca arundinum (Boddaert, 1785)
Southern reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) is an African antelope with curved male horns that lives in moist grasslands.
Mountain Reedbuck
Redunca fulvorufula (Afzelius, 1815)
Redunca fulvorufula, the mountain reedbuck, is an Endangered African antelope with declining populations totaling around 36,000 individuals.
Puku
Kobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857)
Kobus vardonii, the puku, is a medium-sized African antelope with specific habitat, social and behavioral traits.
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833)
Kobus ellipsiprymnus, the waterbuck, is a large sexually dimorphic African antelope native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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