Two thousand years ago, these animals were found in Gaul (now France), and Julius Caesar wrote the following description of them: “These uri are scarcely less than elephants in size, but in their nature, colour, and form, are bulls.
जूलियस सीज़र ने इनके बारे में लिखा: “ऑरक्स दिखने में तो सांड है, मगर हाथी जितना विशाल है ।