Bos Frontalis (Mithun): A FlagshipSemi-Domesticated Mammal and Its PotentialFor ‘Mithun Husbandry’ Development inArunachal Pradesh, India by Shivaji Chavan in CDVS in Lupine Publishers.
Bos frontalis commonly named as ‘Mithun’ is a semidomesticated Mammal distributed in about 53,000 Km2 area in North-East India including Himalayan slopes in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Myanmar in special. It is data deficient for its population in Wild and in the entire region of its distributional range. It is grouped under vulnerable species of Mammals in India (IUCN, 2017). In1987 it has been declared as State animal of Arunachal Pradesh under the name ‘Mithun’. It is semi-domesticated (reared) in 13 districts out of 16 districts of Arunachal Pradesh along with Yak, Gaur and Buffalo in mountain terrains at 1000-3000 Meters [1]. It is heavily built, muscular, strong and compact bovine. It is also named as ‘Goyal’ somewhat match with ‘Gaayi’ in Marathi language meaning cow. Some authors named it as ‘Cattle of Mountain’. It may be called under new term as ‘Boss of Indian cattle’. There is no doubt it is pride animal model in North East (NE) India [2].
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