Bootherium
Sign in to saveBootherium (Greek: "ox" (boos), "beast" (therion)) is an extinct bovid genus from the Middle to Late Pleistocene of North America which contains a single species, Bootherium bombifrons. Vernacular names for Bootherium include '''Harlan's muskox, woodox, woodland muskox, helmeted muskox, or bonnet-headed muskox'''.
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Bootherium (Greek: "ox" (boos), "beast" (therion)) is an extinct bovid genus from the Middle to Late Pleistocene of North America which contains a single species, Bootherium bombifrons. Vernacular names for Bootherium include '''Harlan's muskox, woodox, woodland muskox, helmeted muskox, or bonnet-headed muskox'.
==Taxonomy== thumb|Skull Symbos was formerly thought to be a separate genus, but is now known to be synonymous. Its closest living relative is the muskox (Ovibos moschatus), from which it diverged around 3 million years ago. It is also closely related to the contemporaneous extinct genus Euceratherium.''
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