Mammals › Bovids
Domestic Cattle
Bos taurus
58,960 observations in the source records
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 58,960 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Domestic Water BuffaloBubalus bubalis
Wild BoarSus scrofa
BantengBos javanicus
MooseAlces alces
Domestic HorseEquus caballus
American Black BearUrsus americanus
White-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianus
WapitiCervus canadensis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 33,678 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 32,437 |
| Arizona | 649 |
| Canada | 460 |
| Oklahoma | 451 |
| Utah | 357 |
| Mexico | 346 |
| New Mexico | 332 |
| Texas | 264 |
| Nova Scotia | 224 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Mammals · Mammalia |
| Order | Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla |
| Family | Bovids · Bovidae |
| Genus | Cattle · Bos |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Domestic Cattle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.