It has indeed been suggested that the figure of the aurochs was taken from a domesticated ox, but this is a mistaken idea.
Not the least important feature of the work of Herberstein is the application of the nameaurochs to the wild ox, as distinct from the bison.
From other evidence it appears that the last aurochs was killed in this forest in the year 1627.
Herberstein describes the colour of the aurochs as black, and this is confirmed by another old picture of the animal.
The locality where aurochs survived in Herberstein's time was the forest of Jaktozowka, situated about 55 kilometres west-south-west of Warsaw, in the provinces of Bolemow and Sochaczew.
Here they fed me, releasing my arms, and I ate of half-cooked aurochs steak and a stew which may have been made of snakes, for many of the long, round pieces of meat suggested them most nauseatingly.
Near him grazed anaurochs bull with a cow and a calf, close beside a lone rhinoceros asleep in a dust-hole.
Suddenly there was a disturbance as of an omnibus crashing through the branches, but we saw nothing; and that was the nearest I got to an aurochs on that expedition.
The aurochs of Europe is closely allied to the American bison (Bos americanus), but surpasses it in size.
Louder came the noise of the crashing of branches; and out burst the leading aurochs across the clearing about eighty yards from me, closely followed by the second and remainder of the herd.
He sauntered past within forty yards without getting our wind, and we then crept in the direction where we imagined the aurochs were, for the hunters were positive it was not the stag they had heard.
Campione explained to me in a whisper that they were trying to drive the aurochs past me, the wind being light from the front.
The aurochs is a species of buffalo greatly resembling those which used to roam our western prairies.
The castle has a large throne room and ball-room; in the hall is a stuffed aurochs killed by the Emperor.
The best place for aurochs now is between the Pscebai and upper Zelenduk rivers, according to my friend.
Still it is more natural, if not inevitable, to infer that, if the aurochs of that olden time were the ancestors of the aurochs of the Lithuanian forests, so likewise were the men of that age the ancestors of the present human races.
That theAurochs is ten feet three inches from nose to tail.
Yet though I marked the cross while she spoke, and twice since, I say freely that I would sooner face an aurochs bull naked-handed than stand again before that witch.
Up swung his ponderous sword, and he advanced upon his foe like an aurochs bull.
The Aurochs is wild and shy; it dislikes the neighborhood of man, and has retired before him till it is now found only in the forests of Lithuania, Carpathia, and the Caucasus.
Pan Stabrovski, chief-hunter of the king, was an old hermit and bachelor, who like an aurochs stayed always in the wilderness.
For in Warsaw women do not sing in the choir, but men and young boys,--the men with voices so deep that no aurochs could bellow like them, and the boys with voices so thin that on a violin no sound could be thinner.
The horns of the ordinary Volhynian cattle, although small, are of the aurochs type.
If it be asked, whether the aurochs or the bison be the primitive race of oxen, a satisfactory answer may be drawn from the facts we have just laid down.
This position is clear, as the figure and constitution of the body of the aurochs is perfectly similar to that of our domestic bull.
The aurochs are still to be met with in some provinces of the north.
To conclude, the bison differs from the aurochs by accidental varieties only, and, consequently, is also of the same species as the domestic ox.
The aurochs is only larger and stronger, like every other animal who enjoys his liberty.
The young aurochs have been taken from their mothers, and being reared, when of a proper age have copulated with the domestic bulls and cows, so that we cannot doubt but they are of the same species.
It is said that even the wild aurochs in the forests of Lithuania are decreasing in size and, in number from this cause.
Clothe the aurochs with the wonderful pelage of our buffalo, give him the same enormous chest and body, and the result would be a magnificent bovine monster, who would indeed stand without a rival.
The hair on the head, neck, and forequarters of the aurochs is not nearly so long or luxuriant as on the same parts of the American bison.
Still they skirmish to and fro, men my messmates on the snow, When we headed off the aurochs turn for turn; When the rich Allobrogenses never kept amanuenses, And our only plots were piled in lakes at Berne.
Thou hast not stood to the Aurochs when the red snow reeks of the fight; Men have no time at the houghing to count his curls aright.
Ung -- hath he slept with the Aurochs -- watched where the Mastodon roam?
I have already mentioned the young man trying to strike an aurochs which is running away from him; and the woman wearing a necklace.
The aurochs with its head down and quantities of bristling hair, widely open nostrils, arched and uplifted tail, presents the appearance of a terrified animal endeavoring to escape the danger threatening it.
Aurochs (Bison Europaeus) 12-15 The bones on the outside of the grotto were found to be split open, as if for the extraction of the marrow, and many of them burned.
The aurochs was an animal of great size, nearly as large as an elephant, but with the form and color of a bull.
Old chronicles prove that they were found in the middle of the sixth century, and in the ninth century Charlemagne hunted the aurochs in the forests near Aix-la-Chapelle.
Though much smaller in size, they seem to be more like a direct descendant of the aurochs than any other species, although probably they descended from domesticated early breeds.
There is," was the reply, "and he is known as the aurochsin books on natural history.
The aurochsis the urus of the ancients," continued the gentleman, "his name coming from Ure-ox.
The aurochs does not reach maturity until its sixth year, and next to the elephant, rhinoceros and giraffe it is the largest of land animals.
The rest of the body has a thick coat of black hair, and altogether the aurochs is not an amiable looking beast.
After this he sent a skilled hunter to imitate the sound of an aurochs mother, to call the aurochs father to the edge of the woods.
Neither a tree nor an aurochs can forget your kindness to us, when you were a prince.
He ordered them to take out the right horn of the aurochs and to split up part of the oak for slaves.
These bold fellows drove the deer, bears, wolves, and the aurochs within an ever narrowing circle towards the pits.
So there was always a plenty of pets, bear and wolf cubs, wildcats' kittens and baby aurochs for the girl to play with.
At this moment, a huge aurochs rushed into the wood.
The king looked and there lay the oak, fallen at full length, and the aurochs lay lifeless beside it.
Then he sheltered and fed the aurochs family of three, until they were fresh and fat.
