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The White Park is a modern British breed of cattle. It was established in 1973 to include several herds or populations of colour-pointed white cattle – white-coated, with points of either red or black on the ears and feet. [5] Such cattle have a long history in the British Isles, and the origins of some herds go back to the Middle Ages. [6 ...
The American White Park is a large, mostly polled, white breed of cattle. The females have an average weight of roughly 1000 pounds (453 kilograms), while the males have an average weight between 1700 and 1800 pounds (771–816 kilograms).
[1]: 48 [2]: xxii, 127 A similar colour pattern is seen in the domestic yak [1]: 48 and in some zebuine cattle. [ 3 ] An extreme pale form of the colour-sided pattern is the colour-pointed or 'white park' pattern, seen for example in the White Park , the British White and in some Irish Moiled , where the darker colour is restricted to the ears ...
White cattle (often with black or red ears) are believed to have been highly regarded in Britain and Ireland in very early times, [1] and herds of white cattle were kept as ornamental and sporting animals in enclosed parks for many centuries. They gave rise to the horned White Park cattle, and contributed to
The cattle egret (formerly genus Bubulcus) is a cosmopolitan clade of heron (family Ardeidae) in the genus Ardea found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. . According to the IOC bird list, it contains two species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret, although some authorities regard them as a single spe
Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
An ornamental animal is an animal kept for display or curiosity, often in a park.A wide range of mammals, birds and fish have been kept as ornamental animals. Ornamental animals have often formed the basis of introduced populations, sometimes with negative ecological effects, but a history of being kept as ornamental animals has also preserved breeds, types and even species which have become ...
This list of birds of Connecticut is a comprehensive account of all the bird species recorded from the U.S. state of Connecticut. Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on the checklist produced by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut (ARCC) dated March 14, 2022, the list used by most birders to track species recorded in the state. [1]