Domestic cattle
Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758
Status not recordedmammals
The domestic cattle (Bos taurus) is a species in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. Recorded adults weigh 618.6 kg to 900 kg and live up to 20 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
Quick facts about the domestic cattle
- Weight
- 618.6 kg – 900 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 20 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 277 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 months – 18 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Photos of the domestic cattle
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Where does the domestic cattle live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The domestic cattle is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the domestic cattle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the domestic cattle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderArtiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusBos
- SpeciesBos taurus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms Bos taurus taurus
Other names and names in other languages (223)
- AurochsEnglish
- Beef cattleEnglish
- BullEnglish
- BullockEnglish
- CattleEnglish
- CowEnglish
- Dairy cowEnglish
- Domestic cowEnglish
- Domesticated cattleEnglish
- European cattleEnglish
- European domestic cattleEnglish
- Feral cattleEnglish
- Heck cattleEnglish
- HeiferEnglish
- HerefordEnglish
- HighlandEnglish
- Long hornEnglish
- OxEnglish
- Park cattleEnglish
- Scottish cattleEnglish
- SteerEnglish
- Taurine cattleEnglish
- Wild cattleEnglish
- LeumoAcehnese
- BeesAfrikaans
- OsAfrikaans
- NantwieAkan
- WaakaAlabama
- Waaka illapihchi hobaskiAlabama
- WaakanaaniAlabama
- ላምAmharic
- بقرArabic
- بقرةArabic
- Bos taurusAragonese
- গৰুAssamese
- ГӀакаAvaric
- İnəkAzerbaijani
- MisiBambara
- КароваBelarusian
- BulukBislama
- গরুBangla
- hanvangdanghasbnn
- གླང་གོག་Tibetan
- Buoc'hBreton
- ChatalBreton
- मैसोBodo
- ҮнеэнBuriat
- BouCatalan
- Ngùcdo
- BeźanChechen
- ᏩᎧCherokee
- ĔнеChuvash
- ᒥᔅᑐᔅCree
- Tur domácíCzech
- BuwchWelsh
- KvægDanish
- KoDanish
- TamkvægDanish
- RindGerman
- HausrindGerman
- WildrindGerman
- মুচুder
- GaZaza
- ΒόδιGreek
- BovoEsperanto
- Ganado vacunoSpanish
- Vaca y toroSpanish
- Vacuno taurinoSpanish
- VeisEstonian
- KoduveisEstonian
- BehiBasque
- BetizuBasque
- ZezenBasque
- EgniEwe
- گاوPersian
- NautaFinnish
- VacheFrench
- Vache DomestiqueFrench
- VecheFrench
- BeestNorthern Frisian
- BóIrish
- BòScottish Gaelic
- booaManx
- ગાયGujarati
- SaniyaHausa
- Ngiù-èHakka Chinese
- BèfHaitian Creole
- PipiHawaiian
- בקר הביתHebrew
- Domaće govedoCroatian
- HowjadoUpper Sorbian
- szarvasmarhaHungarian
- bulikangibd
- SapiIndonesian
- NautgripurIcelandic
- BueItalian
- MuccaItalian
- ToroItalian
- VaccaItalian
- 牛Japanese
- ウシJapanese
- bakniLojban
- მსხვილი რქოსანი საქონელიGeorgian
- AzgerKabyle
- TafunastKabyle
- InkaKinyarwanda
- СиырKazakh
- 소Korean
- МӧсKomi-Permyak
- NgombeKongo
- BughCornish
- VakaLadino
- RandLuxembourgish
- RannerLuxembourgish
- RëndvéiLuxembourgish
- Оьлlbe
- dithemidldn
- Ngɔ́mbɛ́Lingala
- Naminis jautisLithuanian
- qʷistlut
- GovsLatvian
- LiellopsLatvian
- ТраксMoksha
- KauMāori
- КраваMacedonian
- Домашно говедоMacedonian
- പശുMalayalam
- BaqraMaltese
- गायMarathi
- ЫшкалWestern Mari
- LembuMalay
- WakvMuscogee
- BacaMirandese
- နွားBurmese
- گوMazanderani
- BéégashiiNavajo
- storfeNorwegian Bokmål
- RindveehLow German
- गाईNepali
- KoeDutch
- Gedomesticeerd RundDutch
- Gedomesticeerde KoeDutch
- HeckrundDutch
- RundDutch
- Vaquenrm
- VacaOccitan
- VachaOccitan
- BizhikiOjibwa
- ଗାଈOdia
- ХъугOssetic
- KuhPennsylvania German
- Bydło domowePolish
- ڈنگرWestern Panjabi
- TaurinoPortuguese
- BoiPortuguese
- Gado bovinoPortuguese
- TouroPortuguese
- WakaQuechua
- মাছুrah
- গোৰুrkt
- VacăRomanian
- Домашний быкRussian
- Домашняя короваRussian
- Крупный рогатый скотRussian
- ЫнахYakut
- ගවයාSinhala
- හරකාSinhala
- ගොන් නාම්බා/නෑම්බිSinhala
- ගොනා/එළදෙනSinhala
- වස්සා/වැස්සිSinhala
- Tur domáciSlovak
- turSlovenian
- Domače govedoSlovenian
- MombeShona
- LoSomali
- LopaAlbanian
- KravaSerbian
- домаће говедоSerbian
- buluSranan Tongo
- burkawSranan Tongo
- KawmetiSranan Tongo
- KuSaterland Frisian
- NötSwedish
- biffdjurSwedish
- bifftjurSwedish
- heck-boskapSwedish
- kossaSwedish
- köttdjurSwedish
- kvigaSwedish
- mjölkkoSwedish
- nötboskapSwedish
- nötdjurSwedish
- nötkreaturSwedish
- oxeSwedish
- skotsk höglandsboskapSwedish
- stutSwedish
- tjurSwedish
- Ng'ombeSwahili
- ꠉꠞꠥsyl
- பசுTamil
- ГовTajik
- วัวThai
- วัวบ้านThai
- BakaFilipino
- BulmakauTok Pisin
- SığırTurkish
- Bayağı SığırTurkish
- KgomoTswana
- Ng’ombeTumbuka
- ئىنەكUyghur
- КороваUkrainian
- Бик свійськийUkrainian
- گائےUrdu
- Bò nhàVietnamese
- bá:gaʔWasho
- Rodjès biessesWalloon
- NagWolof
- ҮкрKalmyk
- אקסYiddish
- 家牛Chinese
- 歐洲牛Chinese
- 黃牛Chinese
- InkomaziZulu
Relatives of the domestic cattle
Other species in the same genus Bos.
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
Gaur
Bos gaurus
Wild yak
Bos mutus
Yak
Bos grunniens
Banteng
Bos javanicus
Kouprey
Bos sauveli
CompareDomestic cattle vs AurochsDomestic cattle vs GaurDomestic cattle vs Wild yakDomestic cattle vs Yak
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the domestic cattle?
An adult domestic cattle weighs 618.6 kg – 900 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the domestic cattle live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the domestic cattle for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the domestic cattle live?
The domestic cattle has a recorded lifespan of 20 years.
How long is the domestic cattle pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 277 days.
What kind of animal is the domestic cattle?
The domestic cattle (Bos taurus) belongs to the family Bovidae in the order Artiodactyla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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