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Definition of Bibos frontalis
1. Noun. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bibos Frontalis
Literary usage of Bibos frontalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"48 ; Pollok Sport in Brit. Burma, i, p. 104 ; Jaiba PZS, 1883, У. AS В., x, p.
453. Bibos frontalis, Gray List Mamm. В. М., p. 151 (1842) ; id Cat. Mamm. ..."
2. List of the Osteological Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum by British Museum (Natural History), John Edward Gray, Dept. of Zoology, George Robert Gray (1847)
"Bibos frontalis. Skull of the adult male. The Tarai. Presented by BH Hodgson, Esq.
Skull, half-grown, male. The Tarai. Presented by BH Hodgson, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... and recognized by some naturalists as a different species called Bibos frontalis.
it has a moderate hump, no dewlap, but wrinkled skin on the neck, ..."
4. Inbreeding and Outbreeding: Their Genetic and Sociological Significance by Edward Murray East, Donald Forsha Jones (1919)
"... Bibos frontalis; the gaur, Bibos gaurus, and the domestic cow, Bos taurus.
(3) The species hybrid may exhibit a reduced size and a decline in vigor ..."
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