🐄Cow

Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758

Uppslagsorden ko och kossa omdirigerar hit. För andra betydelser, se Ko (olika betydelser) respektive Kossa (olika betydelser) Nötkreatur (Bos taurus), även nöt, nötdjur, nötboskap, är domesticerade klövdjur av familjen oxdjur, det vill säga vanliga kor, tjurar, kvigor och kalvar. Dessa tamdjur används mest för mjölk- och köttproduktion, och som dragdjur.

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vs you

≈ 12× your weight

Also called

cattle

Conservation status

Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Bos taurus yet.

Key measurements

Body mass: 750 kg
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: 1.28 m
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: 20 years

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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Cow

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass

750 kg

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data quality: questionable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Shoulder height

1.28 m1.25–1.32 m · typical rangenot stated

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"Weight ranges from 147 kilograms to 1363 kilograms, and height from 49-52 inches." Species-level statement for domestic cattle; 49-52 in = 1.245-1.321 m, value is the midpoint. Measurement point not stated (withers by convention). Individual breeds fall well outside this typical band (e.g. dwarf zebu, large draft breeds).

Source: Animal Diversity Web (Univ. Michigan), Bos taurus account (T. Dewey & J. Ng), https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bos_taurus/ · see citation

Maximum lifespan

20 years

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data quality: questionable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation

277 days

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data quality: questionable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0