The aurochs ( or ; also urus, ( Bos primigenius ), the ancestor of domestic cattle, is an extinct type of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa ; they survived in Europe until the last recorded aurochs, a female, died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland in 1627.

The " unicorn " figures on the seals have been interpreted as representations of aurochs — a type of large wild cattle that formerly inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa — or derivatives of aurochs.

During the Neolithic Revolution, which occurred during the early Holocene, there were at least two aurochs domestication events: one related to the Indian subspecies, leading to Zebu cattle ; the other one related to the Eurasian subspecies, leading to taurine cattle.

In modern cattle, numerous breeds share characteristics of the aurochs, such as a dark colour of the bulls with a light eel stripe and light colour in cows, or a typical aurochs-like horn shape.

Modern domesticated cattle fall into the groups Bos taurus ( European cattle ) and Bos indicus ( zebu ), both descended from the now-extinct aurochs.

It is not to be confused with the aurochs, the extinct ancestor of domestic cattle.

The scientific name of zebu ( or zebus ) cattle was originally Bos indicus, but they are now more commonly classified within the species Bos primigenius, together with taurine cattle ( Bos primigenius taurus ) and the ancestor of both of them, the extinct aurochs ( Bos primigenius ).

Zebu cattle are thought to be derived from Asian aurochs, sometimes regarded as a subspecies, Bos primigenius namadicus Another wild cattle species, the gaur ( Bos gaurus ) may also have contributed to their development.

Modern species of cattle are believed to have originated from the extinct aurochs.

The gaur is the largest species of wild cattle, bigger than the African buffalo, the extinct aurochs, and wild water buffalo.

Heck cattle have been bred to resemble the aurochs in the 1920s.

As a result, some breeds, like Heck cattle are at best a vague look-alike of the extinct wildtype aurochs, according to scientific literature.

For example, heck cattle bear less resemblance to the aurochs than many Iberian fighting cattle do.

The result, heck cattle, is hardy, but differs from the aurochs in many respects, although a vague resemblance in colour has been achieved.

These large grazing mammals are the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs from modern aurochs-derived cattle.

The Canchim breed is a breed of beef cattle developed in Central Brazil by crossing European Charolais cattle with Indubrazil cattle already kept in Brazil where Asian Zebu type cattle are best suited to the tropical conditions.

Thus was born a new type of beef cattle for Central Brazil, with the name CANCHIM, derived from the name of a tree very common in the region where the breed was developed.

On 18 May 1983 the Ministry of Agriculture, recognized Canchim type cattle as a Breed.

Arabs first reached the island between the seventh and ninth centuries, and a wave of Bantu-speaking East African migrants arrived around 1000 CE and introduced zebu, a type of long-horned humped cattle, which were kept in large herds.

The type of desertification caused by year-round pasturing of cattle has been termed the most devastating in Central Asia, with the gravest situations in Turkmenistan and the Kazakh steppe along the eastern and northern coasts of the Caspian Sea.

Zebus ( or ; Bos primigenius indicus or Bos indicus ), sometimes known as humped cattle or Brahmin cattle, are a type of domestic cattle originating in South Asia, particularly the Indian subcontinent.

They are highly adapted to high temperatures, and are farmed throughout the tropical countries, both as pure zebu and as hybrids with taurine cattle, the other main type of domestic cattle.

Using visual inspection of cattle by the most knowledgeable Texas Longhorn breeders and the use of blood type analysis to further identify parentage, CTLR has the ideal of preserving fullblood Texas Longhorn cattle that are genetically and historically correct for posterity.

Another type of black-and-white bicolor cat is nicknamed " cow cat " or " moo cat " ( for a perceived resemblance to Holstein cattle ) and includes the magpie, cap-and-saddle and mask-and-mantle patterns.

* Smithfield ( dog ), a shaggy type of collie dog used for herding cattle

* Zebu, the common type of cattle from India: gaur may have contributed to some breeds.

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The " Dwarf Lulu " breed, " the only Bos primigenius taurus type of cattle in Nepal " has been tested for DNA markers and found to be a mixture of both taurine and zebu types of cattle ( B. p. taurus and B. p. indicus ) with yak.