GAYAL 



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Skull and Horns of Bull Gayal, from Mr. A. O. Hume's specimen. 



GAYAL (Bos frontalis). 



Chiefly, if not entirely, known in a half -domesticated condition, 

 the gayal is a rather smaller animal than the gaur, of a blacker colour, 

 with a large dewlap, and with a straight line between the bases of the 

 massive horns, which are more divergent, less curved upwards, more 

 nearly cylindrical in section, and of a darker colour. The head, too, 

 is much shorter, with the forehead very broad and flat. It may be 

 only a domesticated race of the gaur, as there are indications of a 

 transition in the form of the skull between the two. 

 Distribution. Reported from the Tenasserim district in a wild state, 



and kept in a semi-domesticated condition by many of the hill-tribes 



of Assam and Chittagong. 



Length on 

 outside curve. 



15 



-14 



Circum- 

 ference. 



'34 



Tip to Tip. Locality. 



26| ? 



28 Tenasserim Hills 



2 7 | ? 



Owner. 



British Museum. 



A. O. Hume. 



tion.) 

 Indian Museum. 



British Museum. 



(See illustra- 



