WILD CATTLE OF CHILLINGHAM 
The origin of our domestic breeds of cattle is a question re- 
garding which many conjectures have been made, though the 
matter is still involved in considerable doubt. They are possibly 
in part descended from the gigantic prehistoric Wild Ox (Bos 
primigentus) of Western Europe, which survived into historic 
times and was probably the form known to the ancient Romans 
by the name of Urus. In Chillingham Park, Northumberland, and 
elsewhere, wild white cattle are still preserved, and it is considered 
by some authorities that these are to be regarded as the dwarfed 
descendants of the Urus. This view, however, cannot be regarded 
as definitely established. 
