Bos primigenius • Aurochs (original) (raw)

von Bojanus, 1827

Aurochs

Taxonomy

Subclass	: Theria
Infraclass	: Placentalia
Magnorder	: Boreoeutheria
Superorder	: Laurasiatheria
Order	: Artiodactyla
Suborder	: Ruminantia
Infraorder	: Pecora
Superfamily	: Bovoidea
Family	: Bovidae
Subfamily	: Bovinae
Tribe	: Bovini
Genus	: Bos
Subgenus	: Bos

Species status

Extinct

Found in the wild

Authority citation

Bojanus, L.H. von. 1827. De uro nostrate eiusque sceleto commentatio. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 13(2):413-478.

Original name as described

Bos primigenius

Other common names

Ure · Urus

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Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Poland

Subregion distribution

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Taxonomy notes

wild form of B. taurus and B. indicus (includes the extinct form namadicus in India as a synonym here)

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 33 names and synonyms.

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Stockholm

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Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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preoccupied

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London

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Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

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Fischer (1829:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Eichwald (1831:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
Lesson (1842:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Rütimeyer (1865:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32284328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44037)
Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Delafond & Depéret (1893:291, 292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68230)
Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
Morlot (1929:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67257)
Kurtén (1968:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
Azzaroli (1978:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71261)
Corbet & Hill (1980:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Van Kolfschoten (1985:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68055)
Corbet & Hill (1991:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Baryshnikov (2002:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5389)
Groves & Grubb (2011:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Sauqué, Rabal-Garcés & Cuenca-Bescós (2016:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20867)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:@unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Gatta, Kotsakis, Pandolfi, Petronio, Salari, Achino, Silvestri & Rolfo (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41206)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Marciszak, Kotowski, Przybylski, Badura, Wiśniewski & Stefaniak (2019:699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41535)
Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136721/237471616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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Frankfurt am Main

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Annals of Natural History

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nomen_nudum

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Annals of Natural History

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Paris

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Lesson (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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Milan

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book

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Calcutta

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Calcutta

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Abhandlungen der schweizerischen paläontologischen Gesellschaft

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Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

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Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

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Algiers

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misidentification

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Algiers

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Journal für Landwirtschaft

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London

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Berlin

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book

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Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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Berlin

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Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, Paléontologie et Hydrologie

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Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, Paléontologie et Hydrologie

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Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana

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Stuttgart

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Jena

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Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Lyon

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Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana

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Azzaroli (1978:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71261)

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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