Scientists reconstruct the now-extinct cow with the face of a BULLDOG that fascinated Charles Darwin

New genetic and anatomical techniques have revealed the bizarre face of cow observed by Charles Darwin 180 years ago in Argentina. The unusual short-faced bovine known as the niata appears very much to be the cross between a cow and a bulldog, though researchers say it did not suffer the breathing or eating problems that might be expected. While the animal has since become extinct, scientists were able to use skeletons collected around the world to better understand its anatomy and evolution. The unusual short-faced bovine known as the niata appears very much to be the cross between a cow and a bulldog, though researchers say it did not suffer the breathing or eating problems that might be expected. 'Very few people know that hundreds of years ago a cow with a face similar to the shape of a bulldog's existed, called the niata cow,' says Dr Laura Wilson, from the University of New South Wales.