Aurochs - Wikipedia
The aurochs (Bos primigenius) (/ ˈɔːrɒks / or / ˈaʊrɒks /, plural aurochs or aurochsen) is an extinct species of bovine, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle.
Aurochs | Wild, Wild Ox, Bovine | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
2024年11月19日 · Aurochs, (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox of Europe, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), from which cattle are probably descended. The aurochs survived in central Poland until 1627. The aurochs was black, stood 1.8 metres (6 feet) high at the shoulder, and had spreading, forward-curving horns.
Aurochs Facts, Habitat, Pictures, Subspecies and Diet - Extinct …
2022年12月4日 · There are three recognized subspecies of Aurochs. The Eurasian aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius) This subspecies was once found in the steppes of Central Asia, Europe and Siberia. They were an important part of the Eurasian megafauna, with whom they declined by the end of the Pleistocene period.
The genomic natural history of the aurochs - Nature
2024年10月30日 · Now extinct, the aurochs (Bos primigenius) was a keystone species in prehistoric Eurasian and North African ecosystems, and the progenitor of cattle (Bos taurus), domesticates that have...
Aurochs - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The aurochs, [1] or urus, (Bos primigenius) was a large species of cattle. The aurochs used to be common in Europe. It is extinct now. [2] It was a wild animal, not a domesticated animal. The extinct aurochs/urus is a not the same species as the wisent (the European bison). [3]
Aurochs: back from extinction to rewild Europe
The auroch (Bos primigenius), pronounced aw-rok (UK) or au-raak (US), played a leading role in our history. Etched into our past: from depictions in Pleistocene cave paintings in France to representing Zeus the Greek god in the story of Europe’s beginnings.
From aurochs to burgers - Natural History Museum
Aurochs, Bos primigenius, were massive, formidable creatures. They roamed Europe, Asia and north Africa for thousands of years, first appearing in the fossil record 700,000 years ago.
Aurochs - A-Z Animals
2024年5月27日 · The main subspecies of aurochs, Bos primigenius primigenius, covered a huge range of territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific, though it was probably absent from Ireland, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia and Tibet, Japan, and the far north.
Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius ...
2015年10月26日 · Central to this process was the domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs (Bos primigenius), which ranged throughout much of Eurasia and Northern Africa during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, giving rise to the two major domestic extant cattle taxa— B. taurus and B. indicus [2, 3].
Aurochs (Bos primigenius) – extinct wild bull - DinoAnimals.com
Bos primigenius namadicus – this was the first subspecies of aurochs that appeared on earth 2 million years ago in India. Nine thousand years ago they were domesticated as zebu (Bos indicus). Bos primigenius primigenius – inhabited the …