Nick Garbutt / Zebu Cattle (Bos primigenius indicus), Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Axel Gomille / Zebu cattle (Bos primigenius indicus) holy cow, walking past Sadhu or holy man, Varanasi, India

Paul D Stewart / Lithograph with contemporary colouring, continental version of the last wallchart produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins for the Department of Science and Art 1862. It is entitled 'Pachydermata and C...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Hungarian grey cattle (Bos primigenius taurus hungaricus) with European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying overhead, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Philippe Clement / Heck cattle (Bos domesticus) cow walking in meadow. Attempt to breed back the extinct prehistoric aurochs (Bos primigenius), Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, May. Captive.

Philippe Clement / Heck cattle (Bos domesticus) bull under tree in the snow in winter. Attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius), Bavarian Forest, Germany, captive, January

Philippe Clement / Heck cattle (Bos domesticus) herd walking in the snow in winter. Attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius), Bavarian Forest, Germany, captive, January

Philippe Clement / Replica of prehistoric rock paintings of the Chauvet Cave. Replica in Nationalparkzentrum Falkenstein, Bavarian Forest NP,. Showing extinct animals: woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), wild h...

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 of the Chauvet Cave. Replica in Nationalparkzentrum Falkenstein, Bavarian Forest NP, Germany. Showing extinct animals: woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)...

Nick Garbutt / Adult Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) walking across savannah with Zebu Cattle (Bos primigenius indicus) grazing in background. Near Unamas Private Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia, South Americ...

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...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Zebu (Bos primigenius indicus) cattle with marks painted on skin, possibly for Gai Tihar - part of the Nepalese festival Tihar / Dewali (festival of lights) in a Tharu village. Royal Chitwan National...

Sergey Gorshkov / Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tusk held by Sergey Gorshkov on bank of fast-flowing shallow stream, Wrangel Island, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tusk in fast-flowing shallow stream, Wrangel Island, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tusk carried by Sergey Gorshkov, Wrangel Island, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tusks leaning against building, Wrangel Island, Russia

Axel Gomille / Zebu cattle (Bos primigenius indicus) holy cow, walking in front of street vendor and ruins, Hampi, Karnataka, India

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Skull and skeleton of Aurochs (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 / Skull and skeleton of Aurochs (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 / 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.

Florian Möllers / Domestic Cattle (Bos primigenius taurus) portrait. Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, October.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flock flying past Hungarian grey cattle (Bos primigenius taurus hungaricus) Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Hungarian grey cattle (Bos primigenius taurus hungaricus) with herdsman, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Tim Martin / Domestic Cow (Bos primigenius taurus) in woodland. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK. November 2007.

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 / Illustration, carving of Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius); lithograph of a mammoth carved on mammoth ivory from the Perigord. Published and first announced in 1865 in the 'Annales des Sciences N...

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...

Will Watson / Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) molar tooth from a young Mammoth, originating from the North Sea. Focus stacked.

Will Watson / Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) molar tooth from a young Mammoth, originating from the North Sea. Focus stacked.

Will Watson / Woollly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tusk cross section originating from Siberia, Russia.