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Bos frontalis

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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Artiodactyla • Subordo: Ruminantia • Familia: Bovidae • Subfamilia: Bovinae • Genus: Bos • Species: Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804

As ruled by Opinion 2027 the scientific name of the (domesticated) Gayal can either be Bos frontalis (as a species) or Bos gaurus frontalis (as a subspecies).

The (wild) Gaur (Bos gaurus or Bos gaurus gaurus) can not be a subspecies of Bos frontalis, as has erroneously been stated in Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: (in error) and in ITIS link: (in error).}