Mary Allen
Aurochs sun kasance nau'in dabba na musamman kuma na cikin jinsin shanu ne. Ya bace. A cikin 1627 na ƙarshe sanannun aurochs sun mutu a Poland. Aurochs a baya sun rayu a Turai da Asiya, amma ba a cikin yanayin sanyi na arewa ba. Ya kuma zauna a yankin arewacin Afirka. An yi kiwon shanunmu na gida daga aurochs tuntuni.
Aurochs sun fi na gida girma a yau. Nauyin bijimin aurochs zai iya kai kilogiram 1000, watau ton. Tsayinsa ya kai santimita 160 zuwa 185, kama da babban mutum. Shanun sun ɗan ƙarami. Bijimi baƙar fata ne ko baƙar fata da launin ruwan kasa, kuma saniya ko ɗan maraƙi mai launin ruwan ja. Dogayen ƙahonin sun kasance masu ban mamaki musamman. An lanƙwasa su cikin ciki kuma an kai su gaba, kuma sun girma zuwa kusan santimita 80 a tsayi.
Aurochs musamman suna son wuraren da yake da ɗanshi ko fadama. Suna kuma zaune a cikin dazuzzuka. Sun ci ciyayi da ganyen bishiya da ciyayi. Mazaunan kogo sun kasance suna farautar miyagu. An tabbatar da hakan ta hanyar zane a cikin sanannen kogon Lascaux a Faransa.
Kimanin shekaru 9,000 da suka shige, mutane sun fara mutuwa don su sake horar da namun daji zuwa dabbobin gida. Dabbobinmu na gida, jinsin nasu, suna gangarowa daga gare su. A cikin karni na karshe, mutane sun yi ƙoƙari su sake haifar da aurochs a asali. Amma da gaske ba su yi nasara ba.