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Aurochs

(Science: zoology) The European bison (bison bonasus, or Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the urus of Caesar, with which it has often been confused.

Origin: g. Auerochs, OHG. Rohso; r (cf. As. R) _ ohso ox, g. Ochs. Cf. Owre, ox.


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... were Bos taurus, the European cattle, including similar types from Africa and Asia; Bos indicus, the zebu; and the extinct Bos primigenius, the aurochs. The aurochs is ancestral to both zebu and European cattle. More recently these three have increasingly been grouped as one species, with Bos ...

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