African Aurochs

taxobox
name= African Aurochs
fossil range= Late Pleistocene- recent
status= EX
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
subfamilia = Bovinae
genus = "Bos"
species = "B. primigenius"
binomial = "Bos primigenius"

The African Aurochs was a subspecies of the Aurochs that lived in Northern Africa. It was probably a desert animal. Light colored, fine haired, and smaller than other Aurochs. It's genes provide the basis for North African cattle and probably South of the Saharan cattle. This Aurochs, along with it's European and Middle Eastern cousins was used for the coliseums of Rome and fought other animals like lions and tigers. It became extinct due to overexploration.