Bos taurus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Artiodactyla • Subordo: Ruminantia • Familia: Bovidae • Subfamilia: Bovinae • Genus: Bos • Species: Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bos taurus']

English: Domestic Cattle
Deutsch: Hausrind
lietuvių: Naminis jautis
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Au-chiu gû
norsk bokmål: storfe
polski: Bydło
português: Gado bovino
slovenščina: domače govedo
Türkçe: Bayağı sığır

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

Commonly known as cattle, cow (female), bull or ox (male). The child is a calf.

Cows

Netherlands cow
Cattle grazing
Cow
German cow
Avileña-Negra-Ibérica
Cow in Israel
Cow eat
Salers Cow
Fjällko
Abondance (cattle)
Nelore
Raça Barrosã
Cow in Israel

See also Cattle.

Bulls

See also Bull.

Calves

suckling calf
cow with calf
Salers Cow (mother and calf)
Cow and calf
Calf sleeping

See also Calf.

Equipment

Milking machine in action
Eartag
Small solar panel connected to an electrified fence
Yoke
Nose ring

Miscellaneous

Stomachs and intestines of cattle, exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Headstone for two cows.
Skull
Skull
Monument of a historical cow from Poland
Drinking white cow