Bos taurus subsp. taurus Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 692

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Bos taurus subsp. taurus Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 71.

Type Locality: Linnaeus (1758) stated " Habitat in Poloniae depressis graminosis ferus Urus ". "Urus" applies to the aurochs because Linnaeus' only source was Caesar in his "Gallic Wars" where the aurochs is described ( Lydekker, 1912). Other authors have used the name "urus" for the European Bison Bison bonasus , in the 18th Century thought to be the wild form of domestic cattle. Thomas (1911 a:154) proposed to restrict the type locality to Sweden, Upsala, applying taurus to domestic cattle .