Friday, 10 July 2020

New photos from the Auerrind project

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C laus Kropp recently sent me interesting photos of some of the Auerrind crosses, which I am going to present today.  © Claus Kropp Thi...
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Monday, 6 July 2020

Tauros bulls, a Taurus birth and a new Auerrind calf

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Today I have news from all three main aurochs breeding back projects.  Tauros bulls   I found some photos of Tauros bulls on the web that...
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Saturday, 4 July 2020

Aurochs cow artwork

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T his is a reconstruction of the female skull at the Gramsberg Museum in the Netherlands. I particularly like the horn shape of this spe...
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Sunday, 28 June 2020

Bos primigenius suxianensis

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T he classic convention is that there are three subspecies of aurochs –  Bos primigenius primigenius , the European one,  Bos primigenius n...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Quagga life restoration

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T oday I did another Quagga life restoration, based on the Amsterdam skin .  I drew it in the same posture as this zebra of the Quagga ...
Friday, 19 June 2020

Aurochs horn variation

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I described the horns of the aurochs in a 2013 post already. The basic curvature of the horns was always the same in the aurochs, but there...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Aurochs bull and cow portrait

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R ecently I did a new portrait of a European aurochs bull and cow. I was inspired by the photo of Murnau-Werdenfelsers.  The horns of the ...
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Saturday, 9 May 2020

The Cambridge specimen

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T he Cambridge aurochs is one of the complete aurochs skeletons that are on display. It was found in Burwell, England, and is mounted at th...
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Wednesday, 6 May 2020

The white muzzle ring of the aurochs

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T he white or lightly coloured muzzle ring around the mouth (“mealy mouth”) of the aurochs in both sexes is a standard element when reconst...
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Monday, 4 May 2020

The snout of the aurochs

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T he snout of the aurochs was much longer than in most domestic cattle (shortening of the skull is a typical trait of domestic animals). Bu...
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Friday, 1 May 2020

The Kopenhagen bull

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T he Kopenhagen specimen is a more or less complete and well-preserved aurochs specimen exhibited at the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. I...
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Comparing an aurochs skeleton to a domestic bull

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W hen comparing aurochs and cattle, we usually compare aurochs bone material to living cattle, what is basically comparing apples to banana...
Wednesday, 15 April 2020

New photos of Alvarez the Auerrind bull

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C laus Kropp recently released new photos of Alvarez, the Sayaguesa x Watussi bull of the Auerrind project, on facebook. Go here , here and...
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Thursday, 9 April 2020

Did aurochs and wisent hybridize?

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H ybridization is very common in the animal kingdom and takes place everywhere closely related species meet each other. There are plenty of...
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Sunday, 5 April 2020

Resting aurochs bull portrait

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T he putative Pajuna crossbreed of the TaurOs Programme inspired me to do a portrait of a resting aurochs bull:  The horn shape is based...
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Saturday, 4 April 2020

Breeding-back: How I would do it

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I n this article, I want to outline how I would execute “breeding-back” myself if I had the chance to breed a herd. There are multiple ways...
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Friday, 3 April 2020

New photos of three Auerrind bulls

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C laus Kropp recently released new photos of three Auerrind bulls on Facebook:  From left to right: Sayaguesa x Grey, Maremmana x Watussi...
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Wednesday, 1 April 2020

The largest Taurus bull

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How large are Taurus cattle? Several individuals have been measured. The first Taurus bull that was measured was Lucio , the first Heck x S...
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