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Strongly contrasting leg colouration is common only in the Bovidae, where for example Bos, Ovis, bontebok and gemsbok have white stockings. Again, communication is the likely function. [34] Excepting some domesticated forms, all male bovids have horns, and in many species, females, too, possess horns.
A group of taurine-type cattle exist in Africa; they either represent an independent domestication event or were the result of crossing taurines domesticated elsewhere with local aurochs, but they are genetically distinct; [83] some authors name them as a separate subspecies, Bos taurus africanus. [84]
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
Common in the wild, much more common in captivity, feral populations common in some areas 1a Artiodactyla except Bovidae: European cattle or taurine cattle (Bos taurus) [3] [19] [20] Eurasian aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius)† 8500 BCE [21] [22] China, [23] Western Asia
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis.
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Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Hirola. B. hunteri (P. L. Sclater, 1889) Border between Kenya and Somalia: Size: 120–205 cm (47–81 in) long, plus 30–45 cm (12–18 in) tail [10] Habitat: Savanna, shrubland, and grassland [11] Diet: Grass, as well as forbs [10] [11] CR