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Also known as Bovoid, Bovoids

Bovoidea is a superfamily of pecoran ruminants containing the Bovidae and Moschidae. The Bovoidea today is defined in part by very specific dental and anatomical traits, and genetic research indicates that the Moschidae is the sister taxon to the Bovidae.

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taxon
Parent taxon
Pecora
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taxon name
Bovoidea
taxon rank
superfamily
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Bovoidea is a superfamily of pecoran ruminants containing the Bovidae and Moschidae. The Bovoidea today is defined in part by very specific dental and anatomical traits, and genetic research indicates that the Moschidae is the sister taxon to the Bovidae.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bovoidea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.