: any of a family (Bovidae) of ruminants that have hollow unbranched permanently attached horns present in usually both sexes and that include antelopes, oxen, sheep, and goats
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But bovids have fashioned a pastoral landscape that a hiker would recognize in crossing northern England, a place that cows and sheep have kept clear for centuries.
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WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
In 2017, a second statue depicting a girl standing her ground was set in front of the bovid, creating a spectacular tableau.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
The few other bones in the cave came from various bovid species, a fox, and even some baboons (which forage in the high grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau and sleep on cliffside ledges).
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2019
Heller’s connections in Denmark gave the group access to a huge tissue collection, including from dozens of wild bovids, but Heller says some of them proved impossible to extract enough DNA to sequence.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 20 June 2019
Wildebeests on the Serengeti do not have the luxury of hiding their young like forest-dwelling deer—out in the sunshine and short grass, the big bovids and their offspring are constantly exposed.
—Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018
At European sites in Italy, Belgium, France, and central Europe, notched marks like these have been found on antlers, tusks and teeth, ribs, limbs, and other bones from reindeer, red deer, mammoth, and several bovid species.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 May 2018
WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
In 2017, a second statue depicting a girl standing her ground was set in front of the bovid, creating a spectacular tableau.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
The few other bones in the cave came from various bovid species, a fox, and even some baboons (which forage in the high grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau and sleep on cliffside ledges).
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2019
Heller’s connections in Denmark gave the group access to a huge tissue collection, including from dozens of wild bovids, but Heller says some of them proved impossible to extract enough DNA to sequence.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 20 June 2019
Wildebeests on the Serengeti do not have the luxury of hiding their young like forest-dwelling deer—out in the sunshine and short grass, the big bovids and their offspring are constantly exposed.
—Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018
At European sites in Italy, Belgium, France, and central Europe, notched marks like these have been found on antlers, tusks and teeth, ribs, limbs, and other bones from reindeer, red deer, mammoth, and several bovid species.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 May 2018
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“Bovid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bovid. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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