Hemibos

Hemibos
Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Subtribe: Bubalina
Genus: †Hemibos
Falconer, 1865
Type species
†Hemibos triquetricornis
Falconer, 1865
Species[1]
  • H. acuticornis
  • H. antelopinus
  • H. gracilis
  • H. palaestinus?
  • H. triquetricornis

Hemibos is an extinct even-toed ungulate, belonging to the family Bovidae. Its fossil remains were found across Asia and Europe, including findings from China, the Italian Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, the State of Palestine, Israel, Pakistan, and India.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Hemibos". Biolib.
  2. ^ Khan, M.A. (2016). "Hemibos (Bovini: Bovidae: Ruminantia) from Sardhok Pleistocene of Pakistan". Biologia (Pakistan): 305–311.
  3. ^ Martínez-Navarro, B. (2011). "Presence of the Asian origin Bovini, Hemibos sp. Aff. Hemibos gracilis and Bison sp., at the early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Spain)". Quaternary International. 243 (1): 54–60. Bibcode:2011QuInt.243...54M. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.016.
  4. ^ Pilgrim, G.E. (1941). "A fossil skull of Hemibos from Palestine". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (40): 347–360. doi:10.1080/00222934108527163.
  5. ^ "Hemibos triquatricornis". Geological Survey India.[permanent dead link]