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An ox (pl.: oxen), also known as a bullock (in British, Australian, and Indian English), [1] is a large bovine, trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle, because castration inhibits testosterone and aggression, which makes the males docile and safer to work with. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact ...
Bullock (in British English), a castrated male bovine animal of any age; Bullock (in American English), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal); Bullock (in Australia, India and New Zealand), an ox, an adult male bovine used for draught (usually but not always castrated)
A specialized vocabulary is used in animal husbandry and animal fancy for neutered (castrated) animals: barrow Pig castrated before maturity. [74] bullock Male castrated draft animal. [75] capon Male castrated chicken. [74] gelding Male castrated horse, [76] or donkey. gib Male castrated cat, [77] or ferret. [74] havier Male castrated deer. [78 ...
"Non-native species are plants and animals living in areas where they do not naturally exist," said the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "'Non-native species' and 'invasive species' can not be used ...
This list of the prehistoric life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee. Precambrian [ edit ]
A bison (pl.: bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison) [1]) within the tribe Bovini.Two extant and numerous extinct species are recognised.. Of the two surviving species, the American bison, B. bison, found only in North America, is the more numerous.
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.
Home to stunning expanses like the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Allegheny Plateau, and the Cumberland Mountains, the state's ranges draw tourists to their ski resorts, national forests, and ...