Gayal

Not to be confused with Ghayal.

Gayal
A gayal bull in Bandarban, Bangladesh, 2007
Domesticated
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bos
Species:
B. frontalis
Binomial name
Bos frontalis
Lambert, 1804
Synonyms
  • Species Level:
    • Bibos frontalis
  • Subspecies Level:
    • Bos gaurus frontalis
    • Bibos gaurus frontalis

The gayal (Bos frontalis), also known as the Drung ox[1] or mithun, is a large domestic cattle distributed in Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and in Yunnan, China.[2]

  1. ^ Scherf, Beate (2000). "World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity" (PDF). World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity. FAO: 651.
  2. ^ Simoons, F. J. (1984). Gayal or mithan. In: Mason, I. L. (ed.) Evolution of Domesticated Animals. Longman, London. Pages 34–38.