Species profile—Bos taurus (European cattle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Bovidae (horned ruminants) → Bos taurus (European cattle)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Bovidae (horned ruminants)
- Scientific name
- Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- European cattle
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1084
- Alternate name(s)
- ox
European ox - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Prohibited Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1084
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
