Bovidae
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The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes. A member of this family is called a bovid. With 143 extant species and 300 known extinct species, the family Bovidae consists of two major subfamilies and twelve major tribes. The family evolved 20 million years ago, in the early Miocene.
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