Bos mutus

(Przewalski, 1883)

Wild 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
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Third journey in Central Asia. From Zaisan through Khami into Tibet and to the sources of the Yellow River, p. 191. [In Russian].

Original name as described

Poephagus mutus

Type material

ZIN O. 2246, ZIN S. 1644

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

W Nan Shan (approx. 39° 20' N, 95° E), China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · India · Nepal

Taxonomy notes

wild form of B. grunniens

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006264

Country distribution map

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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 mutus

(Przewalski, 1883)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 2246, ZIN S. 1644

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

191

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Poephagus baikalensis

(N. K. Vereshchagin, 1954)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

baikalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 25754

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

456

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Bos mutus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2892/101293528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Poëphagus grunniens, ferus

(Przewalski, 1879)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ferus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

85

Authority publication

London

Bos grunniens mutus

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771720

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1913:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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