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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Bovidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bovinae
--> GENUS Bos
--> SPECIES taurus
SUBSPECIES Bos taurus taurus
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 71. | | Type Locality: | Linnaeus (1758) stated "Habitat in Poloniae depressis graminosis ferus Urus". "Urus" applies to the aurochs because Linnaeus' only source was Caesar in his "Gallic Wars" where the aurochs is described (Lydekker, 1912). Other authors have used the name "urus" for the European Bison Bison bonasus, in the 18th Century thought to be the wild form of domestic cattle. Thomas (1911a:154) proposed to restrict the type locality to Sweden, Upsala, applying taurus to domestic cattle. | |
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