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title: "Gayal"
description: "Bos frontalis — Mammals. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gayal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gayal

> Bos frontalis — Mammals. 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.

- Scientific name: *Bos frontalis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `farm` (Farm)
- iNaturalist observations: 116
- Wikidata: [Q45079](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45079)
- iNaturalist taxon: [889027](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/889027)

## Names

- en: Gayal
- de: Gayal
- es: Gayal
- fr: Gayal
- pl: Gajal udomowiony

## Countries with the most observations

IN (16), MM (4)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayal

## Photo

![Gayal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gayal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aditya Kabir · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B4_darjeling_para-5.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gayal?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).