Bos acutifrons

Bos acutifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Tribe: Bovini
Genus: Bos
Species: B. acutifrons
Binomial name
Bos acutifrons
Lydekker, 1898

Bos acutifrons is the most ancient representative of the genus Bos. Fossils of Bos acutifrons are found in middle Pleistocene-aged strata of India. It is widely accepted that from this species all later species arose. Between 1.5 and 2 million years ago the aurochs probably descended from this species.

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