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Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

2010

Place of Breeding

ÃŽle Amsterdam, French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Extinction Reason

Eradication

References

Dubois, P. J. (2011). A NOS VACHES - INVENTAIRE DES RACES BOVINES DISPARUES ET MENACEES DE FRANCE. Lonay, Switzerland: Delachaux et Niestlé. (in French)

Gautier, M., Micol, T., Camus, L., Moazami-Goudarzi, K., Naves, M., Guéret, E., Engelen, S., Colas, F., Flori, L., & Druet, T. (2023). Genomic reconstruction of the successful establishment of a feralized bovine population on the subantarctic island of Amsterdam. bioRxiv, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.24.568563

Rozzi, R., & Lomolino, M. V. (2017). Rapid dwarfing of an insular mammal – the feral cattle of Amsterdam Island. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08820-2

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, June 10). Amsterdam Island cattle. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Island_cattle