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Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Bos taurus
It has not yet been assessed against the IUCN criteria.
The cow, in the case of the female, or bull, in the case of the male, is an artiodactyl mammal of the family Bovidae. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Bos primigenius, but a recent study treats it as a distinct species. The scientific name is the one assigned to European and North Asian domestic cattle, a group of domestic bovids descended from the Eurasian wild aurochs subspecies known as Bos primigenius primigenius; while Bos primigenius indicus is the name given to zebus and other domestic cattle breeds from the same stock, descended from the wild aurochs subspecies of the Indian subcontinent known as Bos primigenius namadicus. It is a large, robustly built ruminant mammal, averaging some 1.2-1.5 m in height and 600-800 kg in weight.
Weight
400 kg – 1.1 t
Size
1.8 m – 2.5 m
Life expectancy
20 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Herd
Lives in large groups as a strategy against predators.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Bos taurus
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Domesticated Cattle — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about domesticated cattle.
