Bukovina Crests

(Bukowina Wappen)


The aurochs is found in almost all Crests of Bukovina, Moldava, and Bessarabia.

The aurochs (/ˈɔːrɒks/ or /ˈaʊrɒks/; pl. aurochs, or rarely aurochsen, aurochses), also known as urus or ure (Bos primigenius), is an extinct species of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is the ancestor of domestic cattle; it has also been suggested as an ancestor genetically to the modern European bison, which have been crossbred with steppe bison.[2] The species survived in Europe until 1627, when the last recorded aurochs died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland.


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Coat of Arms, Duchy of Bukovina, Palace of Justice, Vienna
Coat of Arms of Bessarabia in Imperial Russia
Coat of Arms of Moldavia, 1481, Putna