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| | HISTORY OF THE AUROCHS (Bos taurus primigenius) IN POLAND (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The sources of the present study are as follows: documents proclaimed by kings, old chronicles, descriptions found in literature, old illustrations, etc. Among the reasons why that species of the relic fauna of the Pleistocene epoch survived so long are those the author draws attention to: i) the special natural conditions, i.e. |
 | | Aurochs, however, were found only in the Mazowsze region (Masovia), the most afforested part of the country and therefore the least populated one, while "the imagination of our ancestors clothed this forest giant in almost unnatural charm", while some texts compare it to a mythological centaur (Centaurus seu Bubulis vulgariter aurochs). |
 | | Proofs of the existence of this animal in the Mazowsze region at the end of the 15th century are the numerous mentions of it (tigris alias zubr) in the account book of Janusz II, prince of Mazowsze, and in bills of the King dated 1478. |
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