Habitat & Geography
The exact habitat of the Aurochs is unknown, but there is
much evidence to suggest that they preferred to live in a swamp
or swamp like forests. Some of these niches would have been
river valleys, river deltas and
bogs (Aurochs 2009). The river otter also lives in a
river valley. If you want more information about the otter click
here! However, there is also evidence
to suggest that it also could have lived in a drier area such as
an open plain or dry forest. 
These environments are found all over the globe, so it was likely
that the Aurochs lived in various other places. The Bos primingenius
is most likely to have evolved in India around 1.5-2 million years
ago and, than later migrated to the Middle East, No
rthern Africa, and
most of Europe.
During the time that this ancient bovine lived and roamed, it
greatly impacted the biodiversity of its habitat. Many plant and
animals species co-evolved with the Aurochs, which greatly impacted
our world today. The ecosystem greatly benefited from these
large herbivores along with the other large herbivores like,
European bison, wild horses, deer or ibex (Ronald et al. 2013). Some of the Aurochs were later domesticated. There
is fossil evidence to suggest that the first Aurochs to be
do
mesticated were found
in Middle East/Europe and India (McTavish, et al. 2013). After its
domestication it was transported all over the globe and, that is why
today the modern cow is found almost everywhere. To find out what
these animals looked like follow the link to the form and function
page! Also if you want
more information on the habitat as well as the from and function of
the Aurochs visit this
website.