ba men
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gayal wild ox bos gavoeus [JV]
1) bamen deer; 2) large pitcher, jug, beer-pot; 3) club; 4) buffalo-calf (/ rkem ba ga ya n/ l]] [IW]
1) bamen deer [looks like a cow]; 2) large pitcher, jug, beer-pot; 3) club; 4) buffalo-calf)/ rkem ba ga ya n/l]] [IW]
ba men gyi rva ba (horn of) a wild gayal ox [RB]
1) the bamen deer [looks like a cow]. 2) Syn ben 3) Syn ba ga ya 4) buffalo-calf. 5) rkem [RY]
(sman) Crossbreed of gaur and cow (Bos frontalis ♂ x Bos taurus ♀) (Czaya 2019)
ma he ni/ rgya nag dang bal po nas byung ba'i glang rigs te/ mgo dbyibs mdzo 'dra la/ lus dang spu ba glang lta bu mdog sngo smug go/ ba men ni/ rgya gar du yod pa rwa [blun?]/ [ring?] ma he las cung chung dug sbyar shel ltar dkar [sngo?]'o// shel sgong las/ ma he rwa sa 'or nad ba men rnag khrag skem/ zhes so// (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 235)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_061) ba men rwa. 'Jam-dpal (pdf p 261) ma he, ba men
'Jam-dpal describes ba men within the notice of ma he, water buffalo, but these and domestic cattle are not known to be able to hybridize.
It is a cross breed of Gaur, or rather the domesticated Gayal (Bos frontalis) and a domestic cow (Bos taurus). The range of the Gaur is from Nepal and India to the Malay Peninsula, inhabiting forested hills at elevations up to 1800 meters. Length of the body and head is up to 3.3 m, shoulder height up to 2,2 m. A characteristic hump of raised muscle can be seen over the shoulders (animaldiversity.org). See also mdzo rgod for it's possible identification with the Gayal.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:01, 18 February 2024 (EST)