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Aurochs
Bos primigenius
The aurochs (/ˈɔːrɒks/ or /ˈaʊrɒks/; pl. aurochs, or rarely aurochsen, aurochses), also urus, ure (Bos primigenius), is an extinct species of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is the ancestor of domestic cattle. The species survived in Europe until the last recorded aurochs died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland, in 1627.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Old and New Prussia (with the pagan religion of the Old Prussians)
Christoph Hartknoch · 1684 · p.136
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.127
Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
Münster, Sebastian · 1598 · p.1373
Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
Münster, Sebastian · 1598 · p.1396
History of All Cloven-Hoofed Quadrupeds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1621 · p.370
History of All Cloven-Hoofed Quadrupeds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1621 · p.364
History of All Cloven-Hoofed Quadrupeds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1621 · p.363
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144091.