Indian Aurochs

Indian Aurochs

Taxobox
name= Indian Aurochs
fossil range = Late Pliocene-Recent
status= Extinct (9000 B.C.E)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
subfamilia = Bovinae
genus = "Bos"
species = B.P namadicus
binomial = "Bos primigenius"

The Indian Aurochs was a subspecies of Aurochs that lived in South Asia. It was the ancestor of the other two subspecies and the zebu. It had a hump, probably used to store fat like a camel. Its predators were the tiger and recently, humans. The Indian Aurochs became extinct when the Indus Valley Civilization was built and interbred with domestic cattle.

links

* [http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Europeweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Europe26.htm|A website about Aurochs and their history]


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