Bos (Noun)
Meaning
Wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Bos genus includes domesticated cattle and oxen as well as the wild ancestors from which they descended.
- In the classification of Bovidae family some zoologists include the genus Bos in the subfamily Bovinae.
- Bos taurus domesticus is commonly known as modern domestic cattle.
- Bos gaurus, the Indian bison or gaur, is one of many recently classified members of this taxon.
- Historically some were assigned as Bos indicus or zebu and today this cattle have been brought into Bos taurus.