Question

Which one of the following groups is of bovine animals?
A. horse, rhino, zebra, donkey
B. Goat, deer, bison, sheep
C. Tiger, lion, cat, doe
D. Dolphin, porpoise, whale, sea cow

Answer 1

Hint: Bovid species animals have general characteristics like the presence of horns that are made up of keratinized sheaths on the bony position of the frontal bone. All males and the females of this family have horns. They include the taxonomic family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant vertebrates. Most of the bovine animals are domesticated and are used for meat and leather industries.

Complete answer:
Bovine comes is a Latin word which means, "cow", But in general, the bovines family includes not only cows and oxen, but also buffaloes, goats, bison and sheep. It includes any animals that belong to a subfamily Bovinae of Bovids family. These category animals have general qualities like placidity and dullness, or similar characteristics of oxen or cows.

> Option A is incorrect because the horse, zebra, donkey share the same taxonomic family in the classification of the animal kingdom i.e., Equidae. Also known as the horse family. While, rhinoceros comes under the family Rhinocerotidae.

> Option B is correct because Goat, deer, bison, sheep all belongs to the same taxonomic family in the classification of the animal kingdom i.e., bovidae.

> Option C is incorrect because Tiger, lion, cat, doe comes under the same taxonomic family in the classification of the animal kingdom i.e., Felidae. Also known as, the tiger family, while deer comes under the family Cervidae. So, none animal in this option are in a bovine family.

> Option D is also incorrect because Dolphin, porpoise, whale belong to the same taxonomic family in the classification of the animal kingdom i.e., cetacean family. While, the cow which is also known as manatees comes under the family Trichechidae. So none animal in this option is in a bovine family.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Goat and cow are the common bovine animals and at the same time they are domesticated animals too. The two important species of domestic cattle, i) Bos taurus and ii) Bos indicus) have common characteristics with other Bovidae species, Both have identical and unique characteristics.