Bos

|- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background: pink;" | Scientific classification |- style="text-align:center;" |

|- valign=top |Kingdom:||Animalia |- valign=top |Phylum:||Chordata |- valign=top |Class:||Mammalia |- valign=top |Order:||Artiodactyla |- valign=top |Family:||Bovidae |- valign=top |Subfamily:||Bovinae |- valign=top |Genus:||Bos |} |- style="text-align:center; background:pink;" !Species |- | Bos aegyptiacus
B. frontalis
B. grunniens
B. javanicus
B. sauveli
B. taurus |}

Bos is the taxonomic genus containing wild and domestic oxen. Bos can be divided into four subgenera: bos, bibos, novibos, and poephagus, but the distinction is controversial. Bos is found worldwide but before domestication existed only in West Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Species

• Subgenus Bos
  • Bos taurus (Western cattle, including oxen and aurochs)
  • Bos aegyptiacus (ancient Egyptian cattle; extinct; name not recognized by ITIS)
• Subgenus Bibos
  • Bos frontalis (gaur, Censored page or Indian bison)
  • Bos javanicus (banteng)
• Subgenus Novibos
  • Bos sauveli (kouprey or grey ox)
• Subgenus Poephagus
  • Bos grunniens (yak; also Bos mutus)

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Bos is also a common surname in The Netherlands. It means forest in Dutch.