Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin cattle, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin cattle, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin cattle, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin calf suckling, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin calf suckling, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin calf suckling, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin cow grazing, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin cattle, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boskarin cattle in montane meadow, part of the Turos program to breed back the extinct Auroch cattle. Mala Libinje, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Philippe Clement / Replica of prehistoric rock paintings of the Chauvet Cave. Replica in Nationalparkzentrum Falkenstein, Bavarian Forest NP, Germany. Showing extinct Cave lion and Auroch bull (Bos primigenius) Editoria...

Philippe Clement / Replica of prehistoric rock paintings in Chauvet Cave, showing Woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), Wild horses (Equus ferus) and Auroch bulls (Bos primigenius), Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, Ardec...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Primitive cattle breed, near relative to the auroch, standing in Letea forest, Strictly protected nature reserve, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Primitive cattle breed, near relative to the auroch, Letea forest, Strictly protected nature reserve, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / * REPEAT Wouter Helmer standing next to mounted head of Heck cattle, a relative of the auroch, Oostvardersplassen Nature Reserve, The Netherlands 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / * REPEAT Heck cattle, standing portrait, a relative of the auroch, Oostvardersplassen Nature Reserve, The Netherlands

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / * REPEAT Heck cattle male profile, relative of the auroch, Oostvardersplassen Nature Reserve, The Netherlands

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Skull of Auroch (Bos taurus primigenius), found in Skane / Skayne, Sweden. From the Zoological Museum at the Lund University, Sweden. c 10000-7500 years old.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of an auroch, Coa valley Archaeological park, Portugal

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of an auroch, Coa valley Archaeological park, Portugal

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of an auroch, Coa valley Archaeological park, Portugal

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of an auroch, Coa valley Archaeological Reserve, near the Faia Brava Reserve and Rewilding Europe Area, Portugal

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Wouter Helmer standing next to mounted head of Heck cattle (Bos taurus) auroch relative, Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, The Netherlands

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Heck cattle (Bos taurus) auroch relative, walking profile, Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, part of European Rewilding Area Network, The Netherlands

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Heck cattle (Bos taurus) auroch relative, Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, part of European Rewilding Area Network, The Netherlands

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Domestic Heck cattle (Bos taurus), auroch relative, in winter, Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, part of European Rewilding Area Network, The Netherlands

Solvin Zankl / Heck cow / reconstructed auroch, a hardy breed of Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) Germany Heck cattle were developed in the early 20th century by the Heck brothers in Germany in an attempt to breed back...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of a Mole, (Talpa europaea), with original hand colouring from Conrad Gesner 'Icones Animalium' 1560. Before the advent of Linnaeus' binomial latin taxonomic nomenclature such tra...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut of Auroch (Bos primigenius) from Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' 1560, with later colouring. Published by Christoph Froschover, Zurich. Hirsfogel's near identical picture of the auroch has the ins...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut of Auroch (Bos primigenius), from Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' 1560, reproduced from 1551. Published Christoph Froschover, Zurich. Gesner features both the European bison and auroch - but this...

Staffan Widstrand / Herd of wild Tauros cattle in field of wildflowers, part of a breeding program to recreate the extinct Eurasian auroch cattle, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands. July.

Staffan Widstrand / Tauros cattle in field of wildflowers, part of a breeding program to recreate the extinct Eurasian auroch cattle, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands. July.

Staffan Widstrand / Tauros cattle in field of wildflowers, part of a breeding program to recreate the extinct Eurasian auroch cattle, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands. July.

Staffan Widstrand / Herd of wild Tauros cattle grazing in field of wildflowers, part of a breeding program to recreate the extinct Eurasian auroch cattle, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands. July.

Staffan Widstrand / Tauros calf resting in field of wildflowers, part of breeding program to recreate the Eurasian auroch cattle, Maashorst National Park, The Netherlands. July.