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Domestic Cattle
Bos primigenius f. taurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Bovidae - cattle, antelopes, sheep and goats »  genus Bos »  species Bos primigenius - Aurochs

Scientific synonyms

Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 o
Bos primigenius taurus Linnaeus, 1758

Other names

= Cattle
= Bull
= Ox
= Cow

Type taxon of:Bos Linnaeus, 1758 (Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758)

Images

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Jiří Bohdal

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Ondřej Zicha

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Jiří Novák

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Jiří Novák

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Ivo Antušek

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Petr Baum

juvenile animal

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Klaus Rudloff

skull

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Pavel Zuber

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Pavel Zuber

Bos primigenius f. taurus - Domestic Cattle

Author: Pavel Zuber

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Haematopinus eurysternus Nitzsch, 1818, Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis, Taenia saginata (Goeze, 1782), Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) - Hydatid Worm, Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758, ...

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Included taxa

Number of records: 85

section of breeds Bos primigenius f. taurus "Sanga" - Sanga

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Sanga"


Hybrids

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Altdeutsches Schwarzbuntes Niederungsrind" - Old German Black Pied Lowland Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Altdeutsches Schwarzbuntes Niederungsrind"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Alter Angler" - Original Angeln cattle
breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Angler" - Angeln cattle
breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Buscha" - Buscha Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Buscha"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Cachena" - Cachena Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Cachena"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Dahome" - Dahomey Dwarf Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Dahome"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Fjäll" - Swedish Mountain Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Fjäll"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Galloway" - Galloway Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Galloway"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Kempen red" - Kempen red cattle
breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Limousine" - Limousin Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Limousine"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Murnau-Werdenfels" - Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Murnau-Werdenfels"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Piemontese" - Piedmontese Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Piemontese"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Romanian steppe grey cattle" - Romanian steppe grey cattle
breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Rödkulla" - Swedish Red Polled

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Rödkulla"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Salers" - Salers Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Salers"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Simmental" - Simmental Cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Simmental"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Telemark" - Telemark cattle

Bos primigenius f. taurus "Telemark"

breed Bos primigenius f. taurus "Transylvanian Pinzgau cattle" - Transylvanian Pinzgau cattle

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [4136b6d0-b5be-45d4-8323-e96e03d94218]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1006267]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
DE Zootier-Lexikon [6929:hausrind&Itemid=265]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon [as Bos primigenius f. taurus]
Data retrieved on: 7 January 2021
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Bos primigenius f. taurus]

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Explanations

o original combination

name only applied to male

name only applied to female