| Bovoidea | |
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| Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) | |
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| Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferous) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Pecora |
| Superfamily: | Bovoidea J. E. Gray, 1821 |
| Families | |
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.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Chen, Lei; Qiu, Qiang; Jiang, Yu; Kun, Wang; Lin, Zeshan; Li, Zhi Peng; Bibi, Faysal; Yang, Yongzhi; Wang, Jinhuan; Nie, Wenhui; et al. (2019). "Large-scale ruminant genome sequencing provides insights into their evolution and distinct traits". Science. 364 (1152): 1–12. Bibcode:2019Sci...364.6202C. doi:10.1126/science.aav6202. PMID 31221828.
- ^ Li, Yi-kun; Mennecart, Bastien; Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Ni, Xi-Jun; Li, Qiang; Deng, Tao (2021). "The early evolution of cranial appendages in Bovoidea revealed by new species of Amphimoschus (Mammalia: Ruminantia) from China". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196 (3): 1–15. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab053.