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Bovinae
	Water Buffalo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae; Gray, 1821

Bovinae is a subfamily of the even-toed ungulate family Bovidae. About 26 species of bovines belong to this subfamily.

Bovines are herbivores, and they mostly eat grass.

Taxonomy

Subfamily Bovinae
- Tribe Boselaphini
  - Genus Tetracerus
    - Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)
  - Genus Boselaphus
    - Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus
- Tribe Bovini
  - Genus Bubalus
    - Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
    - Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)
    - Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)
    - Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
  - Genus Syncerus
    - African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
  - Genus Bos
    - Zebu Cattle (Bos indicus)
    - Kouprey (Bos sauveli)
    - Banteng (Bos javanicus)
    - Gaur (Bos frontalis or Bos gaurus)
    - Yak (Bos grunniens)
    - Aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius) †
    - Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus)
  - Genus Pseudoryx
    - Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)
  - Genus Bison
    - American Bison (Bison bison)
    - Wisent (Bison bonasus)
- Tribe Strepsicerotini
  - Genus Tragelaphus
    - Sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekeii
    - Nyala, Tragelaphus angasii
    - Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus
    - Mountain Nyala, Tragelaphus buxtoni
    - Lesser Kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis
    - Greater Kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
    - Bongo (antelope), Tragelaphus eurycerus
  - Genus Taurotragus
    - Common Eland, Taurotragus oryx
    - Giant Eland, Taurotragus derbianus

The four genera Tetracerus, Boselaphus, Tragelaphus and Taurotragus are sometimes put into their own subfamily Tragelaphinae, and sometimes with the bovines.

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