What is the scientific name for cattle?

What is the scientific name for cattle?

• A. calf
• B. cow
• C. bull
• D. bovine

Answer: (D)

In biology, cattle are referred to as bovine. This term is used to describe cattle as a group in scientific and veterinary contexts, and it also appears as an adjective for attributes related to cattle. The other options describe individual animals by age or sex—calf is a young animal, cow is an adult female, and bull is an adult male—so they don’t serve as the general scientific label for the species. The domestic cattle are scientifically classified as Bos taurus (and Bos indicus for some types), but in this context the term that best fits the idea of the cattle group is bovine.

In biology, cattle are referred to as bovine. This term is used to describe cattle as a group in scientific and veterinary contexts, and it also appears as an adjective for attributes related to cattle. The other options describe individual animals by age or sex—calf is a young animal, cow is an adult female, and bull is an adult male—so they don’t serve as the general scientific label for the species. The domestic cattle are scientifically classified as Bos taurus (and Bos indicus for some types), but in this context the term that best fits the idea of the cattle group is bovine.