What kind of Animal is an Aurochs?
The aurochs was a large, long-horned, wild ox that may have been the chief ancestor of modern European cattle. Cave paintings of aurochs, drawn by primitive man, have been dated to as long ago as 30,000 B.C. Some aurochs may have been tamed by the year 10,000 B.C. But there are no aurochs today, in Europe or anywhere else. The l