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# Bovinae

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A group of Water Buffalo.
An African Buffalo.
An American Bison.
Domestic Cattle in Thailand.

Bovinae is a subfamily of the even-toed ungulate family Bovidae. About 24 species of bovines belong to this subfamily.

Bovines are herbivores, and they mostly eat grass.

## [edit] Taxonomy

- Subfamily Bovinae
  - Genus Tetracerus
    - Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)
  - Genus Bubalus
    - Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
    - Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)
    - Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)
    - Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
  - Genus Syncerus
    - African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
  - Genus Bos
    - Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus)
    - Kouprey (Bos sauveli)
    - Banteng (Bos javanicus)
    - Gaur (Bos frontalis or Bos gaurus)
    - Yak (Bos grunniens)
  - Genus Pseudoryx
    - Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)
  - Genus Bison
    - American Bison (Bison bison)
    - Wisent (Bison bonasus)
  - Genus Boselaphus
  - Genus Tragelaphus
  - Genus Taurotragus

The three genera Boselaphus, Tragelaphus and Taurotragus are sometimes put into their own subfamily Tragelaphinae, and sometimes with the bovines.

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