Auerox Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827

Museum "klok en peel" te Asten, The Netherlands.

This model is Lifesize. For this model that works out to a hight at the withers of 180 cm.

2018

Approximately 9 weeks.

The fossil material seems top support two waves of Auer ox population in the Netherlands. The first wave was before the last glacial maximum. The second wave occurred after the ice disappeared and the climate became warmer. It seems that the first population had bigger animals than the more recent population. For this model we opted for an animal from the older, and bigger, first population.

Also, in this case the scientific guidance is done by Mr. Dick Mol. Specific anatomy of the Auerox and feedback jurying the construction was provided by Marleen Felius.
Grosse tieranatomie, Gottfried Bammes,
Animal anatomy for artists, E. Goldfinger,
Kleine encyclopedie, D. Mol, J.E. Vos, R. Bakker e.a.,
Journey through the Ice Age, Paul G. Bahn,
De grot Chauvet, J Chauvet, E. Brunel e.a.,
Return to Chauvet cave, J Clottes.
Div. publicaties,
Internet data and own studies of bones and casts of the skull and horncores.