Editing Gayal (section)

{{Short description|Species of domestic cattle}}
{{distinguish|Ghayal (disambiguation){{!}}Ghayal}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Gayal
| image = B4 darjeling para-5.jpg
| image_caption = A gayal bull in Bandarban, Bangladesh, 2007
| status = DOM
| taxon = Bos frontalis
| authority = [[Aylmer Bourke Lambert|Lambert]], 1804
| range_map = 
| synonyms = * Species Level:
**''Bibos frontalis''
* Subspecies Level:
**''Bos gaurus frontalis''
**''Bibos gaurus frontalis''
| range_map_captio n = 
}}

The '''gayal''' ('''''Bos frontalis'''''), also known as '''mithun''' and '''drung ox'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scherf |first=B. |date=2000 |title=World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity |url=https://www.fao.org/3/x8750e/x8750e.pdf |journal=World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity |publisher=FAO |page=651}}</ref>, is a large domestic [[bos|cattle]] distributed in [[Northeast India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]] and in [[Yunnan]], [[China]].<ref name=Simoons1984>Simoons, F. J. (1984). ''Gayal or mithan''. In: Mason, I. L. (ed.) ''Evolution of Domesticated Animals''. Longman, London. Pages 34–38.</ref>