There are more than a thousand different breeds among cattle in the world, most of which are domestic animals. Many of them do not exceed in growth more than 1.5 meters, and the weight does not gain more than 750 kilograms. But among them there are species that are truly giants, and can be compared to elephants of medium size.
The top 10 included the largest bulls in the world. The list includes both domesticated individuals and wildlife representatives.
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Tour Height 1,8 m
Opens the ten largest bulls in the world an extinct species from the genus of real bulls - tour .The species is considered the progenitor of cattle. Tours died out in the 17th century because of the raging epidemic that they were exposed to. These were quite massive and large animals that reached a withers of 180 centimeters, and in weight gained up to 800 kilograms. The closest relative of the tour is the Watussi breed, derived in Africa. From the relatives of Watussi are distinguished by massive and very long horns, which are able to grow to 1.8 meters, and weight to reach 100 kilograms.
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Chianine Height 1,9 m
Chianine is the biggest bull breed of bulls from Italy. Another name is a porcelain bull. The largest representatives reach 1.8 meters at the withers, and in the mass gain up to 1 ton or more. As a rule, porcelain bulls have white or cream color. Large cloven-hoofed animals have a well-developed muscle mass. They are incredibly strong and powerful, so it's better not to come across the enraged kyanine. Nevertheless, this animal is not characterized by aggressiveness, on the contrary, in relation to people they are very good-natured. The champion among the breed was a bull called Donneto, weighed 1,700 kg with a height of 190 cm.
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Kuprej Height 1,8 m
Kuprej is an extinct species that belonged to the world's largest bulls. The growth of the adult specimen reached 180 centimeters at the withers, and the body weight was about 800 kilograms. Horns in large males grew to 80 centimeters. This species was poorly studied by man, as these artiodactyls preferred a secretive way of life in the tropical forests of Asia. Presumably the kuprei was a hybrid of banteng and gaur, because he had many similarities with them. A distinctive feature of males from females was a large, long clump of drooping hair in the neck.
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African Buffalo Height 1,8 m
African Buffalo is one of the largest bulls in the world, distributed in Africa. At the withers, large representatives are able to reach 180 centimeters with a body length of 3.4 meters. Old males can gain weight up to 1.2 tons. The giants graze from morning till night and practically never move away from the water bodies for more than 4 kilometers, because they have a regular need for liquid. For a day the African buffalo drinks up to 40 liters of water. Despite the fact that these animals are endowed with a thick skin, which reaches 2 centimeters, they suffer very much from insect bites. To get rid of blood-sucking parasites they are helped by birds of the Voloklyu, which sit on the backs of buffaloes and pull out pests.
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Bison Height 2.7 m
In the sixth place among the largest bulls in the world there is a representative of the subfamily bull - bison .The species is considered to be the last representative of wild bulls and the largest land mammal in Europe. At the withers males grow to 188 centimeters, and the length of the trunk can reach 2.7 meters. They weigh about one ton of bison. A small number of bison is found in Spain, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia and Germany. In Russia, the species is on the verge of extinction and is contained in bison reserves. A sharp decline in the population is associated with an intense hunt for artiodactyls since ancient times.
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Banteng Height 2.5 m
The top ten largest bulls in the world entered with the name banteng .The largest representatives reach in the shoulders of 190 centimeters, and in length - 2.5 meters. Individual individuals gain weight up to 900 kilograms. Bantengs have curved horns up to 70 centimeters in length. Wild species of the species live on the islands of Borneo and Java, as well as in Southeast Asia. Domesticated bantengs are common in Indonesia. In nature, cloven-hoofed animals prefer to live in groups in which there can be up to forty females and only one bull. On average, they live no more than 25 years.
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Bison Height 2 m
Bison , belonging to the tribe of bulls, is one of the largest among its closest relatives. Males grow up to 2 meters, and in length up to 3 meters. The weight of large individuals can reach 1.2 tons. In the United States, Canada and Mexico, bison are found both in the wild and in agriculture.
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Asian Buffalo Height 2 m
Asian Buffalo is one of the three largest bulls in the world. An adult grows up to 2 meters at the withers, and up to 3 meters in length. The largest representatives are able to gain in mass of about 1.27 tons. Large, long horns up to 2 meters are endowed with males - in females they may be completely absent or insignificant. Wild animals are distributed in Nepal, India, Thailand, Cambodia and Ceylon. Settling giants, as a rule, standing water reservoirs. To graze they prefer in the morning and evening hours, when it's still quite cool. Their livelihood is aquatic vegetation. In the hot time of day, escaping from the scorching, hot sun, the buffaloes lay in the marshes, where they become the object of attention for herons: the birds sit on the backs of animals and pull mites and other parasitic insects from them.
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Yak Height 2 m
Yak is one of the largest bull species in the world. In Russia, the breed is also called sarlyk, which means "grunting bull".These are the only representatives of the genus of real bulls who know how to grunt when they are not happy. The largest yaks grow to 2 meters at the withers, and in the mass of the body can gain up to 1 ton. Old males reach a length of more than 4 meters. Long, widely spaced with bends of the horns, if their straightening is almost 1 meter long. The view of the yaks is truly formidable. It features a cloven-hoofed from the relatives its long, shaggy coat, which hangs and almost completely covers the legs. Yaks are common in the republics of Tyva, Buryatia and Altai. Animal is popular in the countries of Tibet, Tajikistan, India and China.
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Gaur Height 2,3 m
Gaur is the largest bull in the world, which grows at the withers to 2.3 meters, and weighs up to 1.5 tons. In length, the animal's body usually does not exceed 3 meters. The curved crescent-shaped horns grow to an average of 90 centimeters. Gaurs are distributed in the dense forests of India, Pakistan, Thailand and Bangladesh. Wild animals are usually active during the day, but if they live near human dwellings, they prefer to lead a nocturnal life. The species is under threat of extinction: in the wild there are about 20 thousand individuals.