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| genus = Bos
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| synonyms = *''Bos taurus''
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'''Taurine cattle''' (''Bos taurus taurus''), also called '''European cattle''', are a subspecies of domesticated ] originating in the ]. Both taurine cattle and indicine cattle (]) are descended from the ]. Taurine cattle were originally considered a distinct species, but are now typically grouped with zebus and aurochs into one species, ''Bos taurus''.<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3|id=14200687|heading=''Bos taurus''}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Managing Global Genetic Resources: Livestock|date=1993|publisher=National Academy Press|isbn=978-0-309-10378-7|page=143|quote=They were originally named as separate species, ''Bos taurus'' and ''Bos indicus'', but they are interfertile and now generally regarded as a single species.}}</ref><ref name=iczn>{{cite web|url=http://iczn.org/content/biodiversity-studies |title=ICZN, Biodiversity Studies BZN Volume 63, Part 3, General Articles & Nomenclatural Notes |publisher= |date=30 September 2006 |accessdate= |archiveurl = |archivedate = |deadurl=no}}</ref> Most modern ] are taurine cattle.

Genetic research suggests the entire modern stock of taurine cattle may have arisen from as few as 80 aurochs tamed in the upper reaches of ] about 10,500 years ago near the villages of ] in southeastern Turkey and ] in northern ].<ref name="HowNowCow">Bollongino, Ruth, at al. '']''. "". 7 March 2012. Accessed 8 May 2015.</ref>

The ] of the ] of taurine cattle was published by the Bovine Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium in 2009.<ref name="BGSAC">
{{cite journal
| author = Elsik, C.G. ''et al'', (Bovine Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium)
| title = The genome sequence of taurine cattle: a window to ruminant biology and evolution
| journal = Science
| volume = 324 | issue = 5926 | pages = 522–528
| year = 2009
| doi = 10.1126/science.1169588
| pmc = 2943200
| pmid = 19390049
| bibcode = 2009Sci...324..522A
}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
* {{ITIS|ID=898717|taxon=''Bos taurus taurus''}}

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