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Bos frontalis Ansil B. R. 464878029🐃

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Gayal

Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804

大额牛（學名：Bos frontalis），又称独龙牛，是一种大型牛属动物，是印度野牛的驯化后裔，分布于印度东北部、孟加拉国、缅甸和中国云南。

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Bos frontalis
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Bos frontalis yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
825 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
26 years
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Everything we know about the Gayal

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Body mass
825 kg
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data quality: acceptable

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Maximum lifespan
26 years
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Gestation
275 days
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Litter size
1
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Volume l
825 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Gayal yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusBos
  7. ›speciesBos frontalis
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. familyBovidae
  4. subfamilyBovinae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyBovinae
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大额牛 (zh), Bos frontalis (pt), Gayal (cs), 가얄 (ko), Bos frontalis (es), Bos frontalis (fr) … and 18 more languages
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