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Bos (from Latin bōs: cow, ox, bull) is a genus of bovines, which includes, among others, wild and domestic cattle.. Bos is often divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but including these last three divisions within the genus Bos without including Bison is believed to be paraphyletic by many workers on the classification of the genus since the 1980s.
The Bali cattle (Bos domesticus), also known as Balinese cattle, Bali banteng, Indonesian cattle, or most generally, the domestic banteng [1] are a domesticated species of bovine which originated from the banteng (Bos javanicus). Bali cattle are an important source of meat and are used for plowing. They are thought to have originated in Bali.
Articles relating to the Bos, a genus of wild and domestic cattle. Bos is often divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but including these last three divisions within the genus Bos without including Bison is believed to be paraphyletic by many workers on the classification of the genus since the 1980s.
Bos taurus (or Bos taurus taurus), typically referred to as "taurine" cattle, are generally adapted to cooler climates and include almost all cattle breeds originating from Europe and northern Asia. In some parts of the world further species of cattle are found (both as wild and domesticated animals), and some of these are related so closely to ...
The banteng (Bos javanicus; / ˈ b æ n t ɛ ŋ /), also known as tembadau, [5] is a species of wild bovine found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between 1.9 and 3.68 m (6.2 and 12.1 ft). [6] Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherwise similar in appearance.
Madura cattle, also known as Maduran cattle or Madurese cattle (Indonesian: Sapi madura, Madurese: Sapè Madhurâ) are a stable, inbred hybrid of Zebu (Bos indicus) and Banteng (Bos javanicus). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They originated from the island of Madura just northeast of Java , in Indonesia where the original cattle population was the wild Banteng ...
Carl Linnaeus first described the genus Bos and the water buffalo under the binomial Bos bubalis in 1758; the species was known to occur in Asia and was held as a domestic form in Italy. [10] Ellerman and Morrison-Scott treated the wild and domestic forms of the water buffalo as conspecifics, [11] whereas others treated them as different ...
Bali cattle (Bos javanicus domesticus) Banteng (Bos javanicus) [41] 3500 BCE [41] Bali, Indonesia: meat, milk, horns, dung, working, plowing, draft, show Slight physical changes Common in captivity, endangered in the wild 1b Bovidae: Domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori) Wild silkmoth (Bombyx mandarina) 3000 BCE China: silk, animal feed, pets