Bos primigenius

von Bojanus, 1827

Aurochs

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Bovoidea
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Tribe : Bovini
Genus : Bos
Subgenus : Bos

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Bojanus, L.H. von. 1827. De uro nostrate eiusque sceleto commentatio. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 13(2):413-478.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37002664

Original name as described

Bos primigenius

Other common names

Ure · Urus

Type locality

Poland.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Poland

Taxonomy notes

wild form of B. taurus and B. indicus (includes the extinct form namadicus in India as a synonym here)

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006265

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 33 names and synonyms.

Bos taurus urus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

urus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033882

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos urus priscus

von Schlotheim, 1820

Family

Bovidae

Root name

priscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Gotha

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos Urus

C. H. Smith, 1827

Family

Bovidae

Root name

urus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264559

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos primigenius

von Bojanus, 1827

Family

Bovidae

Root name

primigenius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37002664

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Eichwald (1831:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  3. Lesson (1842:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Rütimeyer (1865:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32284328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44037)
  5. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Delafond & Depéret (1893:291, 292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68230)
  7. Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
  8. Morlot (1929:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67257)
  9. Kurtén (1968:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  10. Azzaroli (1978:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71261)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Van Kolfschoten (1985:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68055)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Baryshnikov (2002:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5389)
  15. Groves & Grubb (2011:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  16. Sauqué, Rabal-Garcés & Cuenca-Bescós (2016:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20867)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:@unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  18. Gatta, Kotsakis, Pandolfi, Petronio, Salari, Achino, Silvestri & Rolfo (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41206)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. Marciszak, Kotowski, Przybylski, Badura, Wiśniewski & Stefaniak (2019:699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41535)
  21. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  23. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136721/237471616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bos trochocerus

H. von Meyer, 1832

Family

Bovidae

Root name

trochocerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Bibos Aristotelis

(B. H. Hodgson, 1838)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aristotelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3381086

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

Hodgson (1838:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3381086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65647)

Bibos classicus

(B. H. Hodgson, 1838)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

classicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3381086

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

Hodgson (1838:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3381086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65647)

Bos aurochs

Lesson, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aurochs

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

184

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Bos taurus, var. sylvestris

Bonaparte, 1845

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylvestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573721

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. Bonaparte (1845:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos namadicus

Falconer, 1859

Family

Bovidae

Root name

namadicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GSIC F 183

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

230

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Rütimeyer (1865:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32284328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44037)
  2. Lydekker (1898:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9369937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  3. Trouessart (1905:746, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  4. Kurtén (1968:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)

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