Bos grunniens

Translingual

Bos grunniens

Proper noun

Bos grunniens m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – domesticated yak.
2. A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – all yaks.

Usage notes

• In a modern treatment subgenus Bos (Poephagus) is elevated to genus Poephagus, thus making Bos grunniens Poephagus grunniens.

Synonyms

• Poephagus grunniens - species

Hypernyms

• (all the yaks): Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Bovinae - subfamily; Bos - genus; Bos (Poephagus) - subgenus

Hyponyms

• (all the yaks): Bos grunniens grunniens (domesticated yak), Bos grunniens mutus (wild yak)

Coordinate terms

• (domesticated yak): Bos mutus (wild yak)

References

• Yak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos grunniens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bos grunniens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia