🐃Gaur
Gaur (Bos gaurus) je nejmohutnějším ze všech žijících turů. U samců překračuje kohoutková výška 2 metry, samice jsou o něco menší (kolem 170 cm). Dosahuje hmotnosti 700–1000 kg. Hlava gaurů je ozdobena mohutnými rohy dorůstajícími až 115 cm. U dospělých samců pozorujeme dvoudílný kožní lalok – na bradě a na krku. Konce končetin jsou vždy bílé. Rozeznávány jsou tři poddruhy – gaur indický (B. g. gaurus), tmavohnědý s vysokým čelním hřebenem, gaur siamský (B. g. readei), černý s méně vyvinutým hřebenem, a gaur malajský (B. g. hubbacki) s nízkým čelem. Všechny poddruhy patří k ohroženým a místy již vyhubeným zvířatům. Domestikovanou formou gaura je gayal (Bos frontalis). Nedorůstá velikosti svého divokého předka, v kohoutku dosahuje jen výšky 140–160 cm, končetiny má kratší, hrb nízký, lebku zkrácenou se širokým čelem, nohy krátké a silné, bez vyhnutí vně.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 813 kg
- Body length
- 3 m
- Shoulder height
- 1.93 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 26 years
Everything we know about the Gaur
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass813 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length3 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height1.93 m1.65–2.2 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
"Shoulder height is 1.65 to 2.2 meters." Range-only; value is the midpoint. ADW files the gaur under the synonym Bos frontalis; no account exists under Bos gaurus.
Source: Lundrigan & Zachariah 2000, Animal Diversity Web account: Bos frontalis (gaur), https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bos_frontalis/ · see citation
Maximum lifespan26 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length8.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.7 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation275 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.86 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l813 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Gaur yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusBos
- ›speciesBos frontalis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyBovinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyBovinae
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