| Common Name | Beef |
| Scientific Name | Bos taurus |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Bovidae |
| Genus | Bos |
| Species | taurus |
| Habitat | Domesticated; raised on pasture/rangeland, in barns and in feedlots worldwide. |
| Diet | Herbivorous ruminant - grasses, forage and hay; grain/concentrates in feedlot finishing. |
| Behavior | Gregarious herd animal with social hierarchies. |
| Ecological Role | Domesticated livestock; grazing shapes grassland ecosystems. |
| Distribution | Global (domesticated). |
| Conservation Status | Domesticated (not assessed by IUCN) |
| Therapeutic Uses | Food source (beef): protein, heme iron, zinc, vitamin B12. Traditional use of bone broth and organ meats. |
| Veterinary Uses | Subject of extensive veterinary care (vaccination, parasite control). |
| Constituents | Muscle protein (myosin, actin), fats (saturated, monounsaturated, CLA), heme iron, zinc, vitamin B12, creatine, carnosine. |
| History | Domesticated from the aurochs approx. 10,000 years ago in the Near East. |
| Reference | Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae. 10th Edition. Added for HealthKitchen inventory linking. |
| URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle |