Gayal
Bos frontalis A. B. Lambert, 1804
Status not recordedmammals
The gayal (Bos frontalis) is a species in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. Recorded adults weigh 800 kg to 812.6 kg and live up to 26.2 years.
Quick facts about the gayal
- Weight
- 800 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 26.2 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest, grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Gestation
- 275 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.17src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 18.1 months – 19.7 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 0.9src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the gayal live?
Not recorded
What is the gayal?
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.
From the Wikipedia article “Gayal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gayal&oldid=1382052842), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the gayal endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the gayal classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderArtiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusBos
- SpeciesBos frontalis A. B. Lambert, 1804
Synonyms Bos frontalis frontalis
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Domestic gaurEnglish
- GaurEnglish
- MithanEnglish
Relatives of the gayal
Other species in the same genus Bos.
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
Gaur
Bos gaurus
Wild yak
Bos mutus
Yak
Bos grunniens
Banteng
Bos javanicus
Kouprey
Bos sauveli
CompareGayal vs AurochsGayal vs GaurGayal vs Wild yakGayal vs Yak
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the gayal?
An adult gayal weighs 800 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the gayal live?
The gayal has a recorded lifespan of 26.2 years.
How long is the gayal pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 275 days.
What kind of animal is the gayal?
The gayal (Bos frontalis) belongs to the family Bovidae in the order Artiodactyla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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