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Domestic Cattle

Bos taurus

357Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb17
Mar25
Apr32
May33
Jun25
Jul25
Aug36
Sep33
Oct38
Nov35
Dec19

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England117
2Cornwall England37
3Devon England15
4Orkney Islands Scotland13
5Perth and Kinross Scotland7
6Oxfordshire England4
7Surrey England4
8Cumbria England4
9Kent England3
10Dorset England1
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
12Powys Wales1
13West Berkshire England1
14Herefordshire, County of England1
15Stirling Scotland1
321 England13 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
357
Peak month
October
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Bos taurus
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
337
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Bovidae
Genus
Bos
Name with authority
Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q19610691 · GBIF 2441022