Bos primigenius

species of mammal, the aurochs (+ cattle, including zebus)
DomainEukaryota • RegnumAnimalia • PhylumChordata • SubphylumVertebrata • InfraphylumGnathostomata • SuperclassisTetrapoda • ClassisMammalia • SubclassisTheria • InfraclassisEutheria • OrdoArtiodactyla • SubordoRuminantia • FamiliaBovidae • SubfamiliaBovinae • GenusBos • Species: Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827

Error in Wikidata: wikidata item 'Bos primigenius' (Q168903) property 'instance of' (P31) has a strange value 'extinct taxon' (Q98961713), 'synonym' (Q1040689) (currently accepted values: 'taxon' (Q16521), 'monotypic taxon' (Q310890), 'Group' (Q4150646), 'cultivar' (Q4886), 'fossil taxon' (Q23038290), 'monotypic fossil taxon' (Q47487597), 'clade' (Q713623), 'virus' (Q808), 'ichnotaxon' (Q2568288), 'species aggregate' (Q1297859), 'Wikimedia category' (Q4167836))

As ruled by Opinion 2027 the scientific name of the Aurochs can either be Bos primigenius (as a species) or Bos primigenius primigenius (as a subspecies). It can not be Bos taurus primigenius, as in Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: (in error) or in ITIS link: (in error).

Wikispecies has an entry on:
Bos primigenius primigenius Bojanus, 1827

This species has been EXTINCT since the 1600's.

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