Bootherium
Bootherium (Greek: "ox" (boos), "beast" (therion)) is an extinct bovid genus from the middle to late Pleistocene of North America which contains a single species, Bootherium bombifrons. Vernacular names for Bootherium include Harlan's muskox, woodox, woodland muskox, helmeted muskox, or bonnet-headed muskox.
| Bootherium Temporal range: middle to late Pleistocene, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Ovibovini |
| Genus: | †Bootherium Leidy, 1852 |
| Species: | †B. bombifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bootherium bombifrons (Harlan, 1825) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Symbos cavifrons | |
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