Gayal's the domestic gaur, probably a gaur-cattle hybrid breed. The wild group and the domesticated group are sometimes considered separate species, with the wild gaur called Bibos gauris or Bos gaurus, and the domesticated gayal or mithun (mithan) called Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804. When wild Bos gaurus and the domestic Bos frontalis are considered to belong to the same species the older name Bos frontalis's used, according to the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclatur… (
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