mithan

The mithan is a domestic animal indigenous to parts of India, Burma, and Bangladesh.

1 Domesticated Banteng 1983

The mithan is a grazing animal, but in some areas herds are allowed to browse freely in the woods; some return to the villages for protection at night, while others remain largely in the forests.

1 Domesticated Banteng 1983

The Bhutanese government is establishing a national dairy-mithan breeding program, which could result in a valuable dairy animal.

1 Domesticated Banteng 1983

Madrid, Spain (Zoo de la Casa de Campo; mithan-banteng hybrid)

Chapter 9 1983

This is an unusually gentle animal with a quiet disposition, as revealed in the Chin tribe's expression "gentle as a mithan."

1 Domesticated Banteng 1983

The gaur interbreeds with the mithan, and both have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 58.

6 Wild Banteng 1983

Madrid, Spain (Zoo de la Casa de Campo; mithan-banteng hybrid)

Chapter 9 1983

It is a large bovine with massive muscular development, and it has already been domesticated (see mithan, chapter 3).

6 Wild Banteng 1983

Bangkok, Thailand (Dusit Zoological Park; banteng-mithan hybrid)

Chapter 9 1983

Gaurs excrete an oily, aromatic sweat, unique to this species and to the mithan.

6 Wild Banteng 1983