- Bos acutifrons
Taxobox
name = Bos acutifrons
status = Fossil
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Artiodactyla
familia =Bovidae
subfamilia =Bovinae
genus = "Bos "
species = "B. acutifrons"
binomial = "Bos acutifrons"
binomial_authority =Lydekker ,1898 "Bos acutifrons" is the most ancient representative of the
genus "Bos". "Bos acutifrons" lived till in the middle of thePleistocene still inIndia . It is widely accepted that from thisspecies all later species arose. Between 1.5 and 2 million years ago theaurochs descended probably from this species.References
* Van Vuure, Cis. 2003. De Oeros – Het spoor terug, Cis van Vuure, Wageningen University and Research Centrum / Ministry of the Flemish Community, Brussels & Wageningen.
* Van Vuure, C. 2005. Retracing the Aurochs: History, Morphology and Ecology of an extinct wild ox. Sofia-Moscow:Pensoft Publishing.
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