A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains
   of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks,
   are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy,
   often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in
   India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of
   which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri
   gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.