Bos frontalis

A. B. Lambert, 1804

Gayal

Oblique view of male standing. Also as Mithan, Domestic Gaur. Complicated hybrid with Gaur and both Indicine and Taurine Cattle.
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Location:Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe ZooDate taken:1 January 1989Description:Oblique view of male standing. Also as Mithan, Domestic Gaur. Complicated hybrid with Gaur and both Indicine and Taurine Cattle.

Distribution :

Domesticated form from NE India.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1067

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Infraorder: Pecora
Superfamily: Bovoidea
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Tribe: Bovini
Genus: Bos
Subgenus: Bibos

Species status

Living
Domesticated
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lambert, A.B. 1804-11-21. Description of Bos Frontalis, a new species, from India. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 7(1):57-59.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12902152

Original name as described

Bos Frontalis

Other common names

Domestic Gaur · Mithan

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Country distribution

Domesticated

Taxonomy notes

domestic form of B. gaurus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006259

Country distribution map

No distribution data available.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 13 names and synonyms.

Bos Frontalis

A. B. Lambert, 1804

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

India ... It is, probably, a native of the mountainous parts of that country, and appears perfectly new.

Type locality

Bangladesh.

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12902152

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Schinz (1821:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Cuvier (1824:530, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52173933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68282)
Lesson (1827:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Blyth (1840:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Gray (1843:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Gistel (1848:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
Blyth (1862:338, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37181618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68511)
Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Sclater (1872:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Blyth (1875:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
Lydekker (1898:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9369977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
Pocock (1911:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Grubb (1993:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Smith & Xie (2008:472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #200000001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #200000001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Bos Gavæus

Colebrooke, 1808

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gavaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

The Gayál is found wild in the range of mountains that form the eastern boundary of the provinces of Aracan, Chittagong (Chatgaon), Tipura, and Silhet. · in the eastern districts of Bengal, and also in other parts of this province

Type locality

Asia: Southern Asia.

Authority page

512

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29564090

Authority publication

Asiatic Researches

Name usages

Lesson (1827:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Sylhetanus

F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1824

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylhetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

pl. 418 p. 2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53183266

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos Sylhetanus

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylhetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

500

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Bos sylhetanus

Brüggemann, 1831

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylhetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

findet sich ebenfalls in Mittel-Indien, am Fuße mehrere Gebirge im Lande Sylhet

Type locality

Bangladesh.

Authority page

220

Authority publication

Halberstadt

bubalus gavæus:

Anonymous, 1833

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gavaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Anonymous (1833:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67366)

Bibos frontalis:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Gray (1850:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47594988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
Gray (1852:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
Horsfield (1857:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
Gray (1872:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
Trouessart (1905:745, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Morlot (1929:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67257)

Bos gayæus:

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gayaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

292

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Bos Sylheticus:

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylheticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

292

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Bos frontalis domesticus

Fitzinger, 1860

Family

Bovidae

Root name

domesticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Original type locality

Der zahme Gayal wird nur von den Gebirgsvölkern der Provinzen Chittagoiig, Tipura und Silhet als Hausthier gehalten und bei den Kuki's, welche die östlichen Gebirge von Chittagong bewohnen, ist er schon seit undenklichen Zeiten eines ihrer wichtigsten Hausthiere

Type locality

Asia: Southern Asia.

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15537599

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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