Aurochs
(Reguidit frae Bos primigenius)
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The aurochs (pl. aurochs, or rarely aurochsen, aurochses), cried urus, ure (Bos primigenius) an aw, is an extinct species o muckle wild cattle that inhabitit Europe, Asie, an North Africae. It is the auncestor o domestic cattle. The species survived in Europe till the last recordit aurochs dee'd in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland, in 1627.
Aurochs Temporal range: Frae early Pleistocene to
1627 (wild form) resp. Present (domestic form) | |
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Moontit skelet o a bull foond in Vig, Denmark, Naitional Museum o Denmark | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Faimily: | Bovidae |
Subfaimily: | Bovinae |
Genus: | Bos |
Species: | †B. primigenius |
Binomial name | |
†Bos primigenius (Bojanus, 1827)
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Subspecies | |
Wild:
domestic:
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Distribution o the three subspecies | |
Synonyms | |
Leet
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References
eedit- ↑ Tikhonov, A. (2008). "Bos primigenius". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2008. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 5 Januar 2008. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
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