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Gaur
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GAUR, the native name of the wild ox, Bos (Bibos) gaurus, of India, miscalled bison by sportsmen.
Gaur
Taxonomy Bos frontalis [Lambert, 1804]. Citation: Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 7:57. Type locality: Bangladesh, NE Chittagong (domesticated stock). The taxonomic record (above) is taken from Wilson and Reeder (1993).
Gaur
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
large wild ox of Southeast Asia, having a humplike ridge on the back.
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Gaur (Bos frontalis)
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Gaur
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Appendix l
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Gaur (Bos gaurus)
The gaur is one of the larger of the wild cattle, and individuals can reach over two metres at the shoulder. The sleek, dark coat is black... More 17 Images 8 Videos ...
Gaur
the withers-height of the Gaur amounts approximately 210 cm, its weight for 1000 kg. The females are smaller than the males by one quarter. The Gaur i...
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Gaur (Bos frontalis): A massive, forest-dwelling wild ox that lives in small herds and feeds in clearings at night.
In India the gaur is sometimes the main prey, including bulls weighing up to 1000 kg (2200 lb).
Tigers mainly hunt gaur (wild ox) and buffalo. Although a tiger is capable of killing a bull gaur more than twice its size, it prefers to attack young or old animals that put up less resistance.
the Indian bison or gaur, Bos gaurus
the banteng from the Far East, B. banteng
the kouprey of Cambodia, B. sauveli ...
barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak), elk (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), Eurasian elk (Alces alces), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), muskdeer (Moschus moschiferus), nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), black buck (Antilope cervicapra), gaur ...
Tigers mainly prey on large mammals such as pigs, deer, antelope, buffalo and gaur, but they also kill and eat small mammals and birds. Tigers are solitary hunters which stalk and then ambush their prey.
Banteng, Bos javanicus
Gaur, Bos gaurus
Gayal, Bos frontalis (domestic gaur)
Yak, Bos mutus
Domestic Cattle, Bos taurus (increasingly considered a subspecies of Bos primigenius)
Zebu, Bos indicus
Kouprey, Bos sauveli ...
Carnivore. Primarily wild deer and wild cattle called gaur, also buffalo, young elephants, monkeys, birds, frogs, and porcupines.
Predators and Threats
Humans; habitat destruction.
Bengal tigers hunt medium-sized and large-sized animals, such as wild boar (an omnivorous mammal), sambar (a kind of deer), barasingha (a kind of deer), chital (a spotted deer), nilgai (an antelope), gaur (a large ox of South Asia) and water buffalo.
The Red Book of Endangered Species includes Grevy's zebra and Hartmann's mountain zebra, Przewalski's horse, the Malayan tapir, babirusa, vicugna, Formosan sika deer, addax, Barbary sheep, dama gazelle, lechwe, gaur, anoa, ...
With their huge bulk, wood bison, which are the largest subspecies in North America, are only surpassed in size by the massive Asian gaur and wild water buffalo, both of which are found mainly in India.
their milk, meat, hides (leather), and many other products, like cheese, cream, gelatin, glue, soap, and many other products. In some parts of the world, cattle are still used to pull plows and carts. There are still some wild cattle (like the gaur ...
However, this is generally not supported. The wood bison is one of the largest species of bovid in the world, surpassed by only the Asian gaur and wild Asian water buffalo. It is the largest extant land animal in North America.
 See also: Cattle, Buffalo, Deer, Banteng, Bison
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