Gayal
| Gayal | |
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| Gayals at Gazipur Safari Park, Bangladesh | |
Domesticated
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bos |
| Species: | B. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804
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| Synonyms | |
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The gayal (Bos frontalis), also known as mithun or Drung ox, is a large semi-domesticated cattle in the Himalayan foothills of Indian Subcontinent and primarily in Northeast India.