Foreword
  Simon Stuart
List of contributors
Introduction
  Mario Melletti and James Burton
Acknowledgements
 
Part I  Systematic, Ecology and Domestication
Chapter 1  Systematic and Evolution of Bovini
  Alexandre Hassanin
Chapter 2  Bovini as key stone species and landscape architects
  Herbert H.T. Prins and Herman van Oeveren
Chapter 3  Domestic cattle and buffaloes
  Johannes A. Lenstra, Marleen Felius and Bert Theunissen

Part II  Evolution, Anatomy and Function
Chapter 4  The Evolution and Skeletal Anatomy of Wild Cattle (Bovini)
  Kris Kovarovic and Robert S. Scott
 Chapter 5  Bovine Mammary Anatomy and Function
  R. Michael Akers, Anthony V. Capuco and Stephen C. Nickerson
Chapter 6  The digestive system of ruminants, and peculiarities of (wild) cattle
  Marcus Clauss and Reinhold R. Hofmann
Chapter 7  Anatomy and evolution of teeth
  James Heywood
Chapter 8  Evolution, development, and functional role of horns in cattle
  Edward Byrd Davis, Katherine A. Brakora and Kelsey Tull Stilson

Part III  Species Accounts
Chapter 9  American bison (Bison bison)
  Glenn E. Plumb, P. J. White and Keith Aune
Chapter 10  European bison (Bison bonasus)
  Malgorzata Krasinska, Zbigniew A. Krasinski, Kajetan Perzanowski and Wanda Olech
Chapter 11  Gaur (Bos gaurus)
  Farshid S. Ahrestani and K. Ullas Karanth
Chapter 12  Wild Yak (Bos mutus)
  Jianlin Han
Chapter 13  Banteng (Bos javanicus)
  Penny C. Gardner, Satyawan Pudyatmoko, Naris Bhumpakphan, Manoth Yindee,  Datuk Laurentius N. Ambu and Benoit Goossens
Chapter 14  Kouprey (Bos sauveli)
  Mario Melletti, Alexandre Hassanin and Marzia Mirabile
Chapter 15  Aurochs (Bos primigenius)
  T. van Vuure
Chapter 16  Wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
  Anwarudding Choudhury
Box 1  Genetics of wild water buffalo
  J. Stuart F. Barker
Chapter 17  Anoas (Bubalus depressicornis; Bubalus quarlesi)
  Philip M. Wheeler, Abdul Haris Mustari  and James Burton
Chapter 18  Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)
  Merben R. Cebrian, Rodel M. Boyles, Josefina L. de Leon and James Burton
Chapter 19  Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)
  William Robichaud and Barney Long
Box 2  Using Community Forest Guards to safeguard the Saola’s future in Thua-Thien Hue Saola Nature Reserve, Vietnam
  Luong Viet Hung, Van Ngoc Thinh, Le Ngoc Tuan and Barney Long
Chapter 20  African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
  Daniel Cornélis, Mario Melletti, Lisa Korte, Sadie J. Ryan, Marzia Mirabile, Thomas Prin and Herbert H. T. Prins

Part IV  Conservation and Management
Chapter 21  What is a wild bison? A case study of plains bison conservation in Canada
  C. Cormack Gates
Chapter 22  The case study: the restitution of the wisent (Bison bonasus) to the Carpathians
  Kajetan Perzanowski and Wanda Olech
Chapter 23  Capture and translocation of gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus) in India
  Parag Nigam, Sankar Kalyansundaram, Dave Cooper, Les Carlisle and Harbhajan Singh Pabla
Chapter 24  Status and management of the endangered wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal
  Ram Chandra Kandel, J. Stuart F. Barker and Mario Melletti
Chapter 25  Genetic structure of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at continental and population scales: an evolutionary and conservation approach
  Nathalie Smitz, Daniel Cornélis, Philippe Chardonnet, Ettore Randi and Johan Michaux
Chapter 26  Livestock and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) interfaces in Africa: ecology of disease transmission and implications for conservation and development
  Richard Kock, Michael Kock, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, Philippe Chardonnet and Alexandre Caron
Chapter 27  Ex situ conservation of wild cattle: roles, status, management successes and challenges
  Daniel. C. de Man

Mario Melletti is an independent researcher. For more than a decade he has been studying the ecology and behaviour of the forest buffalo, spending more than two years in a remote area in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, in the Central African Republic. He has obtained a PhD in animal ecology from the University of Rome in collaboration with the Department of Conservation Biology of Seville (Spain). He has collaborated to several projects and surveys on both mammals and birds. He also is a reviewer of some peer reviewed international journals.

James Burton is Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group, leading a group of volunteer experts to monitor the status of, and facilitate conservation planning and action for the 9 wild cattle and buffalo species in Asia. Since 2000 he has worked on the conservation of the Anoa (Bubalus species) in Indonesia, including a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He has conducted distribution surveys, ecological studies and population genetic research on a range of mammal species. He is currently Senior Research Manager (Oman) at the Earthwatch Institute.


Contributors:
- Mario Melletti
- James Burton
- Alexandre Hassanin
- Herbert H. T. Prins
- Herman van Oeveren
- Johannes A. Lenstra
- Marleen Felius
- Bert Theunissen
- Kris Kovarovic
- Robert S. Scott
- R. Michael Akers
- Anthony V. Capuco
- Stephen C. Nickerson
- Marcus Clauss
- Reinhold R. Hofmann
- James Heywood
- Edward Byrd Davis
- Katherine A. Brakora
- Kelsey Tull Stilson
- Glenn E. Plumb
- P. J. White
- Keith Aune
- Ma?gorzata Krasin'ska
- Zbigniew A. Krasin'ski
- Kajetan Perzanowski
- Wanda Olech
- Farshid S. Ahrestani
- K. Ullas Karanth
- Jianlin Han
- Penny C. Gardner
- Satyawan Pudyatmoko
- Naris Bhumpakphan
- Marnoch Yindee
- Datuk Laurentius N. Ambu
- Benoit Goossens
- Marzia Mirabile
- T. van Vuure
- Anwarudding Choudhury
- J. Stuart F. Barker
- Philip M. Wheeler
- Abdul Haris Mustari
- Merben R. Cebrian
- Rodel M. Boyles
- Josefina L. de Leon
- William Robichaud
- Barney Long
- Luong Viet Hung
- Van Ngoc Thinh
- Le Ngoc Tuan
- Daniel Cornélis
- Lisa Korte
- Sadie J. Ryan
- Thomas Prin
- C. Cormack Gates
- Parag Nigam
- Sankar Kalyansundaram
- Dave Cooper
- Les Carlisle
- Harbhajan Singh Pabla
- Ram Chandra Kandel
- Nathalie Smitz
- Philippe Chardonnet
- Ettore Randi
- Johan Michaux
- Richard Kock
- Michael Kock
- Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky
- Philippe Chardonnet
- Alexandre Caron
- Daniel C. de Man