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Bos

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q237993
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Bos

Summary

Bos is a taxon[1]. Bos ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month, #837 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bos's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bos is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Bos belongs to the parent taxon Bovinae[5].
  • Bos belongs to the parent taxon Bovini[6].
  • Bos is classified within Bovina[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Bos is Bos[8].
  • Bos's Commons category is recorded as Bos[9].
  • Bos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bos[10].
  • Bos's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • Bos's different from is recorded as Biuro Odbudowy Stolicy[12].
  • Bos's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758[13].
  • Bos's homonymous taxon is recorded as Bos[14].

Body

Classification

Bos's scientific name is Bos[8]. Bos is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Bovinae[5], Bovini[6], and Bovina[7].

Identifiers

Bos's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42396[15]. Bos's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9903[16]. Bos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34548[17]. Bos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441017[18]. Bos's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183837[19].

Why It Matters

Bos ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month, #837 of 195,241).[2] Bos has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Bos is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Bob08 · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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