aurochs

Examples

• All

• The last known aurochs died in Poland in the 17th century.

• Did you know that the aurochs is an ancestor of modern cattle?

• Archaeologists found the bones of an aurochs buried beneath the ancient settlement.

• Many breeds of cattle are thought to descend from the aurochs.

• The aurochs once roamed the European plains before becoming extinct in the 17th century.

• The aurochs is considered the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle.

• Fossils of the aurochs provide insight into the large mammals that lived in prehistoric times.

Synonyms

U

urus

vsaurochs

1 9.9

A very large wild ox from Europe that is now extinct and an ancestor of cows

is the standard common name rather than an alternate historic name

B

Bos primigenius

vsaurochs

• Specialized

9.9

A very large wild ox from Europe that is now extinct and an ancestor of domestic cattle

is the common name rather than the formal Latin label

U

ure

vsaurochs

• Archaic

9.9

A very large wild ox that lived in Europe long ago

is the modern common name used today rather than an old term

W

wild ox

vsaurochs

4.6

A large wild animal like a cow that lives in forests or grasslands

is the specific extinct species rather than a general wild bovine

Surface Forms

Etymology