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The African Aurochs was a subspecies of the Aurochs that lived in Northern Africa. It was probably a desert animal. Light colored, fine haired, and smaller than other Aurochs, its genes provide the basis for North African cattle and probably South of the Saharan cattle. This Aurochs, along with its European and Middle Eastern cousins, was used for the coliseums of Rome and fought other animals like lions and tigers. It became extinct due to overexploitation. It is probably the ancestor of the domesticated Egyptian cattle.
