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=== Aurochs === [[File:Taurus bull Lippeaue.jpg|thumb|[[Taurus cattle]] bull in the Lippeaue Reserve, Germany]] Ideas for creating an [[aurochs]]-like animal from domestic cattle have been around since 1835. In the 1920s, [[Heinz Heck|Heinz]] and [[Lutz Heck]] tried to breed an aurochs look-alike, using central European dairy breeds and southern European cattle. The result, Heck cattle, are hardy, but differ from the aurochs in many respects, although a resemblance in colour and, less reliably, horns has been achieved.<ref name="vanVuure"/> From 1996 onwards, Heck cattle have been crossed with "primitive" Iberian breeds like [[Sayaguesa Cattle]] and fighting cattle, as well as the very large Italian breed [[Chianina]], in a number of German reserves, in order to enhance the resemblance to the aurochs. The results are called [[Taurus Project|Taurus cattle]], being larger and longer-legged than Heck cattle and having more aurochs-like horns. Another of the projects to achieve a type of cattle that resembles the aurochs is the [[TaurOs Project]], using primitive, hardy southern European breeds, specifically Limia, Maremmana primitivo, Maronesa, Podolica, Sayaguesa and Pajuna.
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