To be more precise, conserved and on display are the bones of a 200, 000-year-old fossilized elephant ( Paleoloxodon Antiqus ), found in Ambelia and preserved in excellent condition, as well as parts of a wild ox ( Bos Primigenius ).
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The commission " conserved the usage of 17 specific names based on wild species, which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic forms ", confirming " Bos primigenius " for the aurochs and " Bos gaurus " for the gaur.
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Though the American bison ( Species : " Bison bison " ) is not only a separate species, but a member of a separate genus from domestic cattle ( " Bos primigenius " ), they are genetically compatibile and American bison can interbreed freely with cattle.
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Though the American bison ( " Bison bison " ) is not only a separate species, but actually in a separate genus from domestic cattle ( " Bos primigenius " ), they clearly have a lot of genetic compatibility and American bison can interbreed freely with cattle.
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Though the American bison ( " Bison bison " ) is not only a separate species, but actually in a separate genus from domestic cattle ( " Bos primigenius " ), it clearly has a lot of genetic compatibility with the latter, and American bison can interbreed freely with cattle.
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If domesticated cattle and gayal are considered separate species, they are to be named " Bos taurus " and " Bos frontalis "; however, if they are considered part of the same species as their wild relatives, the common species are to be named " Bos primigenius " and " Bos gaurus ".
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:According to our article on Domestication, cattle of the species " Bos primigenius taurus " are thought to have been domesticated around 8000 BCE in India, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa; the earliest domestications of other related species, latterly hybridised with " B primigenius taurus ", in East Asia and elsewhere are either later or undetermined.
