Bos frontalis

A. B. Lambert, 1804

Gayal

Taxonomy

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

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., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Bos Frontalis

A. B. Lambert, 1804

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lydekker (1898:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9369977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #200000001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #200000001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Gavæus frontalis

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534843

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

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)

Bibos frontalis

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gray (1850:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47594988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Gray (1852:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  5. Morlot (1929:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67257)

Bibos frontalis frontalis

(von Morlot, 1929)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Mitteilungen der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Thun

Name usages

Morlot (1929:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67257)

Bos frontalis frontalis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Bos Gavæus

Colebrooke, 1808

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gavaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

512

Authority publication

Asiatic Researches

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. 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

Authority page

220

Authority publication

Halberstadt

Bos frontalis domesticus

Fitzinger, 1860

Family

Bovidae

Root name

domesticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

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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