The word "bovine" means "of or pertaining to the subfamily Bovinae, which includes cattle, buffalo and kudus" (taken from the RandomHouse-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary). So technically, bovine meat would include buffalo and kudus.
The color of the meat is a result of concentration of myoglobin in the muscle. Muscle that works hard needs oxygen and myoglobin binds oxygen like hemoglobin only better. This facilitates the...