Sanga cattle

Sanga cattle
	Watusi cattle, a breed in the "Sanga" group.
Conservation status
	Domesticated
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	Bos
Species:	B. taurus
Subspecies:	B. t. africanus
Trinomial name
	Bos taurus africanus; (unavailable name)
Synonyms
	Bos africanus Kerr, 1792 ; Bos sanga Fitzinger, 1860 ;

Sanga cattle is the collective name for indigenous cattle of some regions in Africa. They are sometimes identified as a subspecies with the scientific name Bos taurus africanus.^[2] Their history of domestication and their origins in relation to taurine cattle, zebu cattle (indicine), and native African varieties of the ancestral aurochs are a matter of debate. "African taurine", "sanga", "zenga", "sheko", "African indicine" are all sub-groups of Sanga cattle.^[3]

^ American Society of Mammalogists (2021). "Bos taurus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Note: this source considers all domestic cattle to be B. taurus. The two synonyms referring to African cattle are picked from the source.
^ Strydom, P.E.; Naude, R.T.; Smith, M.F.; Kotze, A.; Scholtz, M.M.; Van Wyk, J.B. (1 March 2001). "Relationships between production and product traits in subpopulations of Bonsmara and Nguni cattle". South African Journal of Animal Science. 31 (3): 181–194. doi:10.4314/sajas.v31i3.3801.
^ Cite error: The named reference Kim2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[ASM21-1] American Society of Mammalogists (2021). "Bos taurus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Note: this source considers all domestic cattle to be B. taurus. The two synonyms referring to African cattle are picked from the source.

[Strydom_et_al_2001-2] Strydom, P.E.; Naude, R.T.; Smith, M.F.; Kotze, A.; Scholtz, M.M.; Van Wyk, J.B. (1 March 2001). "Relationships between production and product traits in subpopulations of Bonsmara and Nguni cattle". South African Journal of Animal Science. 31 (3): 181–194. doi:10.4314/sajas.v31i3.3801.

[Kim2020-3] Cite error: The named reference Kim2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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