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The Indian aurochs was probably smaller than its Eurasian counterpart but had proportionally larger horns. [11] Because the range of the aurochs species was continuous from the Atlantic coasts of North Africa and Europe to Bengal, it is uncertain whether there was a distinction or a continuum between the Eurasian, North African and Indian ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. Extinct species of large cattle Not to be confused with Bos taurus, European bison, or Oryx. Aurochs Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Holocene Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mounted skeleton of an aurochs bull at the National Museum of Denmark Conservation status Extinct (1627 ...
Articles relating to the Aurochs (Bos primigenius) and its cultural depictions.It is an extinct cattle species, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle. With a shoulder height of up to 180 cm (71 in) in bulls and 155 cm (61 in) in cows, it was one of the largest herbivores in the Holocene ; it had massive elongated and ...
Indian (Pavo cristatus) and green peafowl (P. muticus) 500 BCE (uncertain for P. muticus) India, Java: meat, feathers, ornamental, guarding, pest control, pets Fairly common in the wild 2b Galliformes: Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) kept in ancient Greece, date of captive breeding uncertain Greece: pets, talking bird 2d Passeriformes
The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes (including goat-antelopes), sheep and goats. A member of this family is called a bovid. With 143 extant species and 300 known extinct species, the family Bovidae consists of 11 (or two) major subfamilies and thirteen ...
Its wild ancestor, the Indian aurochs, became extinct during the Indus Valley civilisation likely due to habitat loss, caused by expanding pastoralism and interbreeding with domestic zebu. [5] [17] Its latest remains ever found were dated to 3,800 YBP, making it the first of the three aurochs subspecies to die out. [18] [19]
Aside from local populations and subspecies of extant species, such as the gaur population in Sri Lanka, European bison in British Isles, Caucasian wisent and Carpathian wisent, the largest modern extinct bovid is aurochs (Bos primigenius) with an average height at the shoulders of 155–180 cm (61–71 in) in bulls and 135–155 cm (53–61 in ...
Two rhinoceros species are extinct within the Indian region, but the remaining species, ... Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus) (Falconer, 1859) extinct [58]