Only in so much as they are both cattle....Is a Musk Ox a relative of the bison ?
Yes and no. Yes, they both belong to the Family Bovidae. No, the Bison belongs to the Sub-family Bovinae (cattle and their relatives) and the Musk Ox to the Sub-family Caprinae (Sheep and goats and their relatives)Is a Musk Ox a relative of the bison ?
This looks good so far chris.
love the wisent (european bison)....looks tough and is it bigger than american bison?
Also chris, shouldn't there also be thick hair on the hump and shoulders too? Looks too the beard is wider on chin and neck looking like the sides of head transition down too and not just from beneath the chin?
Spanish bull all the way for me. Been waiting for a long time for its release.Which one? Eurasian (Bos primigenius primigenius), Indian (Bos primigenius namadicus) or North African (Bos primigenius africanus)? The North African resembles the Eurasian in its morphology. The Eurasian auroch gave rise to the European or taurine cattle (Bos taurus taurus) while the Indian auroch gave rise to the zebu or indicine or humped cattle (Bos taurus indicus).
Reconstruction of Eurasian auroch, (Bos primigenius primigenius)
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Reconstruction of Indian auroch (Bos primigenius namadicus)
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My own wish is for a zebu (Bos taurus indicus):
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Or this Malaysian variety (Kedah Kelantan zebu) which is the bull that is most familiar to me:
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something about his hair on his head makes me giggle every time I see it! Love it! (I know once it has maps it won't look like this)