Gayal

Gayal
	A gayal bull in Bandarban, Bangladesh, 2007
Conservation status
	Domesticated
Scientific 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 mithun and drung ox^[1], is a large domestic cattle distributed in Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and in Yunnan, China.^[2]

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