Bos grunniens

Linnaeus, 1766

Domestic Yak

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Tribe : Bovini
Genus : Bos

Species status

Living
Domesticated
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946295

Original name as described

Bos grunniens

Type locality

Tibetan Plateau, China.

Country distribution

Domesticated

Taxonomy notes

domestic form of B. mutus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006261

Country distribution map

No distribution data available.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Poephagus grunniens

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grunniens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319567

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1846:230, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  2. Gray (1850:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47594989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Gray (1852:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Blyth (1863:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Gray (1872:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  6. Morlot (1929:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67257)

Bison Poephagus

(Hodgson, 1847)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

poephagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

709

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126236

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1847:709, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)

Bos grunniens grunniens

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grunniens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos grunniens

Linnaeus, 1766

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grunniens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946295

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Fischer (1814:xv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  5. Lesson (1827:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Lesson (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  7. Lydekker (1898:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  8. Ward (1910:437, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  9. Lydekker (1913:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  10. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  13. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  14. Smith & Xie (2008:473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #200000002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #200000002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Bos grunniens cornutus

von Schreber, 1789

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cornutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

pl. 299A

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078230

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Bos gruniens ecornis

Kerr, 1792

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ecornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664366

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos gruniens Ghainouk

Kerr, 1792

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ghainouk

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664366

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos gruniens

Kerr, 1792

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gruniens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664365

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Bos gruniens Sarlyk

Kerr, 1792

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sarlyk

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664366

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos Poephagus

Pallas, 1811

Family

Bovidae

Root name

poephagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114181

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Poephagus gruniens

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gruniens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729864

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Poëphagus grunniens domesticus

(Fitzinger, 1860)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

domesticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

294

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15537506

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Poephagus granniens

(Kastschenko, 1899)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

granniens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Tomsk

corriculus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

corriculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

691

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005:691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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