BOVIDAE Gray, 1821
(cattle)

Interactions where BOVIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
dung dung may attract imago Typhaeus typhoeus Minotaur Beetle Coleoptera: Geotrupidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Geotrupidae/Typhaeus typhoeus/Typhaeus typhoeusMinotaur beetleimago Animal / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bovidaecattledung imago is associated with dung
dung (buried) buried dung animal debris may support larva Major Geotrupes mutator a dumbledor Coleoptera: Geotrupidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Geotrupidae/Geotrupes mutator/Geotrupes mutatora dumbledorlarva Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/BovidaecattleburieddungMajor larva feeds on animal debris buried dung

Author & YearTitleSource
Jessop, L., 1986Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

BOVIDAE (cattle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Bos
cows and oxen
Genus 1 subtaxa 185 trophisms 15 references
Capra
goats
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms 2 references
Ovis
sheep
Genus 1 subtaxa 114 trophisms 6 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBOVIDAE (cattle)
OrderARTIODACTYLA (even-toed ungulates)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BOVIDAE (cattle)

BOVIDAE (cattle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
DEFRA DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/index.htm

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BOVIDAE (cattle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 42 images of BOVIDAE (cattle)
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