AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Female cattle are called heifers, and male cattle are called cows. What are male bulls called? Cows can be of many different species, not just cattle. A cow is a mature female.

Detailed explanation-2: -An adult female that has had a calf (or two, depending on regional usage) is a cow. A mother cow is called a dam with reference to her offspring.

Detailed explanation-3: -baby cow is called a calf. A female calf is sometimes called a heifer calf and a male a bull calf. A heifer is a female that has not had any offspring.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heifer vs Cow: Reproduction By definition, heifers are cattle that have not had calves. Cows are cattle that have had calves. If you have a heifer that is currently pregnant, it is called a bred heifer. Any cattle that are older than two years of age and have not had calves are called heiferettes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cattle (often called cows in vernacular and contemporary usage, or kye as the Scots plural of cou) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae.