Leptobos

Leptobos
Temporal range:
Skeleton of Leptobos etruscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: †Leptobos
Rütimeyer, 1878
Species

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Leptobos is an extinct genus of large bovines, known from the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene of Eurasia, extending from the Iberian Peninsula and Britain to the Indian subcontent and northern China. It is widely posited to be the ancestor of bison.

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