Cattle

·         The cattle family includes  a group of mammals which also includes the goats, sheep, le gazelles, antelopes, and goat-antelopes.

·         There are 107 species of this family.

·         Only 12 of them out of 107 are in cattle family

·         Even the large muskox  which looks quite cow-like, is more closely belongs to the goats than to cattle.

·         Cattle are generally distinguish by their large size and the single pair of non-branching horns growing from their forehead.

·         The horns, which are not shed, are largely low and differ considerably among species like the Wild Yak which is one of the largest in cattle family and African buffalo.

·         Smallest of cattle family is the Anoa.

·         Both sexes develop horns as they grow older Males have much longer horns.

·         They differ considerably in the way they look from the brown to black color coat of the anoas to the Javan Banteng.

·         In which the females are reddish brown and the males shiny black.

      Cattles are mainly grazing animals ( grasses, herbs, and tree shrubs )

y     They usually consume in large quantities at a time

    They are usually social animals