Bos grunniens

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DomainEukaryota • RegnumAnimalia • PhylumChordata • SubphylumVertebrata • InfraphylumGnathostomata • CladusOsteichthyes • SuperclassisTetrapoda • CladusAmniota • ClassisMammalia • SubclassisTheria • InfraclassisEutheria • OrdoArtiodactyla • SubordoRuminantia • FamiliaBovidae • SubfamiliaBovinae • GenusBos • Species: Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766
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As ruled by Opinion 2027 the scientific name of the domesticated Yak can either be Bos grunniens (as a species) or Bos mutus grunniens (as a subspecies).

It can not have the wild Yak as a subspecies (Bos grunniens mutus), as has been stated in Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: (in error) and in ITIS link: (in error).