| Bos acutifrons Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| A cast of a Bos acutifrons skeleton | |
| 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[1] 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.
- ↑ scientific names itaicized according to common ICZN writing practice