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Aurochs. The aurochs (Bos primigenius) (/ ˈɔːrɒks / or / ˈaʊrɒks /), plural aurochs or aurochsen, 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 ...
The cattle show a range of colours and phenotypes. Bull in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve Cow at Mannheim. The Heck or Munich-Berlin is a German breed or type of domestic cattle. It was bred in the 1920s by Heinz and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius).
The Tauros Programme, formerly known as TaurOs Project, is a cooperation between the Dutch foundation Stichting Taurus and universities such as the Wageningen University and Research Centre [citation needed]. It is an international effort to breed a type of cattle that resembles the extinct aurochs, the wild ancestor of domestic cattle.
Sacred bull. Cattle are prominent in some religions and mythologies. As such, numerous peoples throughout the world have at one point in time honored bulls as sacred. In the Sumerian religion, Marduk is the "bull of Utu ". In Hinduism, Shiva 's steed is Nandi, the Bull. The sacred bull survives in the constellation Taurus.
[note 1] It has been translated as "unicorn" in the Latin Vulgate, King James Version, and in some Christian Bible translations as "oryx" (which was accepted as the referent in Modern Hebrew), [citation needed] "wild ox", "wild bull", "buffalo" or "rhinoceros". [1] Natan Slifkin has argued that the re'em was an aurochs, [2] as has Isaac Asimov ...
The Indian aurochs[b] (Bos primigenius namadicus; Sindhi: انڊين جهنگلي ڏاند) is an extinct subspecies of aurochs that inhabited West Asia and the Indian subcontinent from the Late Pleistocene until its eventual extinction during the South Asian Stone Age. [1] With no remains younger than 3,800 YBP ever recovered, the Indian ...
On the south side, three large aurochs are next to three smaller ones, painted red, as well as six small deer and the only bear in the cave, superimposed on the belly of an aurochs and difficult to read. The Axial Diverticulum is also decorated with cattle and horses accompanied by deer and ibex. A drawing of a fleeing horse was brushed with ...
Uruz Project. Artist impression of an aurochs bull found in Braunschweig, Germany. The Uruz Project had the goal of breeding back the extinct aurochs (Bos p. primigenius). Uruz is the old Germanic word for aurochs. The Uruz Project was initiated in 2013 by the True Nature Foundation [1] and presented at TEDx DeExtinction, a day-long conference ...