Zebu
| Zebu | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Faimily: | Bovidae |
| Subfaimily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bos |
| Species: | Bos primigenius |
| Subspecies: | B. p. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bos primigenius indicus | |
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Zebus (/ˈziːˌbjuːz/ or /ˈziːbuːz/; Bos primigenius indicus or Bos indicus or Bos taurus indicus), whiles kent as humph-backit nowt or Brahman, is a teep o hamelt nowt oreeginatin in Sooth Asie. Thay are characterised bi a fatty humph on thair shouders, droopin lugs an a lairge dewlap. Thay are weel adaptit tae forstaundin heich temperaturs, an are fairmed ootthrou the tropical kintras, baith as pure zebu an as hybrids wi taurine nowt, the ither main teep o hamelt nowt. Zebu is uised as draucht owsen, as dairy nowt an as beef nowt, as weel as for byproducts lik hides an dung for fuel an manure.