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Friday, October 20. 2006

Bovines of the week: Wild Cattle

Mooooo. Are you tired of our cattle interest over the past couple of months?

Well, just a couple more cattle posts to go, then the final exam.

Today, wild cattle. There are 12 species of wild bovines left. We already learned that the mighty Auroch, the prized game animal of Polish kings and the ancestor of the domestic cow, has been extinct, alas, since the 1600s. We all know the American Bison and the Cape Buffalo - a member of the Big Five great game animals of Africa (image above), but you cannot name all twelve, and neither can I. Here they are.

Note that the Musk Ox is not among them. It's not a bovine, and it is more closely related to goats.

Image of a friendly Cape Buffalo from the very fine wild cattle site.

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation, Our Essays at 06:43 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Like liquor, cattleblog reading is the mother's milk of old age. I can never get enough.

Suggestion: You might want to spread the wealth by sending a link -- title, URL, trackback -- to Steve for his Friday Ark ("Other Vertebrates" category):

http://themodulator.org/archives/002592.html

steve@themodulator.org
#1 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2006-10-20 08:05 (Reply)
They're not wild, but perhaps worth noting are the Belted Galloways.
#2 Class-factotum (Link) on 2006-10-20 09:07 (Reply)
Will do. Cat-blogging isn't our style.
#3 Bird Dog on 2006-10-20 09:11 (Reply)

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