Bovidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q25497
Bovidae
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Bovidae

Summary

Bovidae is a taxon[1]. Bovidae ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,158 views/month, #321 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bovidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bovidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Bovidae is classified within Bovoidea[5].
  • Bovidae belongs to the parent taxon Artiodactyla[6].
  • Bovidae's scientific name is Bovidae[7].
  • Bovidae is a type of Artiodactyla[8].
  • Bovidae's Commons category is recorded as Bovidae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Bovidae is Bos[10].
  • Bovidae comprises horn[11].
  • Bovidae began on -20000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Bovidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bovidae[13].
  • Bovidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[14].
  • Bovidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15].
  • Bovidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Bovidae's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[17].
  • Bovidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as shofar[18].
  • Bovidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as horn[19].
  • Bovidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as buff leather[20].
  • Bovidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as mammal horn[21].
  • Bovidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kvegfamilien'}[22].
  • Bovidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'votlorogi'}[23].
  • Bovidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'rogarji'}[24].
  • Bovidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

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Classification

Bovidae's scientific name is Bovidae[7]. Bovidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Bovoidea[5] and Artiodactyla[6]. The taxonomic type of Bovidae is Bos[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kvegfamilien'}[22], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'votlorogi'}[23], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'rogarji'}[24].

Identifiers

Bovidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42241[26]. Bovidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9895[27]. Bovidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7687[28]. Bovidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9614[29]. Bovidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180704[30].

Why It Matters

Bovidae ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,158 views/month, #321 of 195,241).[2] Bovidae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Bovidae is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of shofar, horn, buff leather +1
    Has part(s) horn
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of Artiodactyla
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21449, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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