Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804 . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 7:57.

TYPE LOCALITY: Bangladesh, NE Chittagong (domesticated stock) .

DISTRIBUTION: India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, S Tibet and Yunnan (China), S Vietnam, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I, U.S. ESA - Endangered, and IUCN - Vulnerable as Bos gaurus .

SYNONYMS: annamiticus, asseel, brachyrhinus, cavifrons, fuscicornis, gaurus, guavera, hubbacki, laosiensis, platyceros, readei, subhemachalus, sylhetanus, sylvanus.

COMMENTS: Includes gaurus; but see Corbet and Hill (1991:130). Formerly placed in Bibos .