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With a shoulder height of up to 180 cm (71 in) in bulls and 155 cm (61 in) in cows, it was one of the largest herbivores in the Holocene; it had massive elongated and broad horns that reached 80 cm (31 in) in length. The aurochs was part of the Pleistocene megafauna.

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PEAK, a subsidiary of URUS, is the world’s premier cattle genetics supplier. PEAK leads the industry in developing the most profitable genetics and produces the largest amount of bovine semen in the world.

Aug 1, 2023 · URUS Group LP (URUS), based in Madison, Wisconsin, has announced the purchase of a majority interest in Leachman Cattle of Colorado (Leachman), based in Fort Collins, Colorado.

May 27, 2024 · An alternative name is the urus. The aurochs are part of the genus Bos, which includes all wild and domesticated cattle. There are generally considered to be three different subspecies of aurochs corresponding to their geographical regions.

Domestication of the aurochs (urus, Bos primigenius), a type of large wild cattle which evolved in India about two million years ago, and migrated to Asia, and North Africa, reaching Europe about 250,000 years ago, is thought to have occurred in several parts of the world about 6000 BCE.

URUS was established to meet the needs of dairy and beef cattle producers around the globe today and far into the future. As a holding company with cooperative and private ownership, URUS connects well-established agricultural organizations – Alta Genetics, GENEX, Jetstream Genetics, PEAK, SCCL and... Read more.

Aug 3, 2023 · On Aug. 1, Urus Group LP, one of the world’s major marketers of bovine genetics, completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Leachman Cattle of Colorado, one of the largest and most respected seedstock producers in the U.S.

The aurochs, [1] or urus, (Bos primigenius) was a large species of cattle. The aurochs used to be common in Europe. It is extinct now. [2] It was a wild animal, not a domesticated animal. The extinct aurochs/urus is a not the same species as the wisent (the European bison). [3]