The killing of at least 10 mithuns — the State animal of Arunachal Pradesh — in the last one month in Assam has created tensions between Arunachal Pradesh and neighbouring Assam.
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The mithun or gayal (Bos frontalis), is considered a descendant of the Indian Gaur or bison.
It is distributed in Northeast India, Bangladesh, northern Myanmar and in Yunnan, China.
Reared under free-range conditions in hilly forests, the mithun is known as the ‘cattle of the mountain’.
It plays an important role in the socio-economic and cultural life of tribes such as the Nyishi, Apatani, Galo and Adi in Arunachal Pradesh.
The gayal is the state animal of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
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