Bos gaurus C.H. Smith, 1827

Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3), pp. 147-197 : 187-188

324. Bos gaurus C.H. Smith, 1827

Common name: Gaur, Indian Bison

Myanmar name:

Distribution: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In Myanmar, recorded in Kachin and Shan States (Hponkanrazi, Bumphabum and Hukaung Valley WS, Momeik and Mabein Townships), Sagaing Region (Alaungdawkathapa NP, Htamanthi WS), Paunglaung catchment, Rakhine State (Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range WS; Cremonesi et al. 2021), Bago Region (North Zamari WS; Hein et al. 2020), Kayin State ( Moo et al. 2017), Tanintharyi Region (Tanintharyi Nature Reserve, Htaung Pru RF and Proposed Lenya NP; Grindley 2019) and possibly in Shweudaung WS.

Remarks: The wild species of gaur was considered as B. gaurus , while referring to the domestic form (Mythun, Mithan or Gayal) as B. frontalis Lambert, 1804 ( Gentry et al. 2004). B. g. readei is regarded as Myanmar ’ s subspecies, it is a vulnerable and completely protected species of Myanmar.