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Taxon: Species Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 - aurochs and domestic cattle (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 71.

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Bos taurus taurus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name (subjective): Pseudonovibos spiralis W.P. Peter & A. Feiler, 1994, nom. dub. Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 692, 693.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: aurochs and domestic cattle
: cattle Ref: Encyclopædia Britannica (eds.), 2006: 354.
: domestic cattle
Adult male: bull Ref: Encyclopædia Britannica (eds.), 2006: 354 (fertile male).
Adult female: cow Ref: Encyclopædia Britannica (eds.), 2006: 354 (fertile female).
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