Mithun / Gayal is a bovine.
Q. Mithun is which category/type of animal?- Published on 20 Apr 16a. Bovine
b. Deer/stag
c. Wild boars
d. Crocodile
ANSWER: Bovine
- Mithun is a unique large semi-domesticated animal of the bovine family, endemic to the North-eastern States of India.
- It is state animal of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
- Gayals play an important role in the social life of the people in Arunachal Pradesh. Marriages are not fixed until the bridegroom's family gives at least one gayal to the bride's household.
- In Nagaland, the animals are kept semi-wild, and live in herds, being watched over by special caretakers assigned by the villages or the owner of the herd.
- They respond to a horn kept specially for the individual caretaker or actual owner to call them. From birth until the time of butchering or market, the Mithun remain in the herd, and roam mostly freely throughout the forests.
