Results for "Aurochs"
6 breeds found.
- Aurochs Concept
- Back-breeding Concept
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 moreAurochs
The wild ancestor of all domestic cattle, extinct since 1627Wild · Long-horned
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreIndian aurochs
An extinct wild ancestor of zebu cattle that lived in South Asia until the Stone Age.Wild
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreBali cattle
A small humped breed from Indonesia, descended from wild banteng, kept for meat and plowing.Banteng · Beef · Disease-resistant
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 5 moreTauros
A breeding-back project building hardy cattle to stand in for the extinct aurochsWild · Grazing · Cold-hardy
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreHeck
A German type bred in the 1920s to recreate the extinct aurochsTaurine · Grazing · Cold-hardy
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 moreTaurus cattle
Long-legged cross-bred cattle bred in Germany to stand in for the extinct aurochsComposite · Grazing
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Heck: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aurochs: Jaap Rouwenhorst (photograph) DFoidl (GIMP modifications), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bali cattle: Gsarwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indian aurochs: Jochen Ackermann (User name: Altaileopard ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pajuna: DFoidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Taurus cattle: DFoidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source