🐃Gaur
Gauren (Bos gaurus) er den største nulevende okseart og hører taksonomisk til under de skedehornede pattedyr. Den lever naturligt i Syd- og Sydøstasien, men er i tilbagegang som art, så den på IUCN's Rødliste siden 1986 har været betegnet som sårbar; faldet i populationen er på over 70 % inden for de seneste tre generationer. Populationen ser dog ud til at være stabil i velbeskyttede områder, og i visse områder stiger den endog. Gauren er den største af de vilde oksearter med en længde på 250-330 cm og en skulderhøjde på 165-220 cm; halen er 70-105 cm lang. Den gennemsnitlige vægt for en udvokset gaur er 650-1.000 kg, og en stor tyr kan veje op til 1.500 kg. Den malajiske gaur kaldes seladang og den burmesiske pyoung. Den domesticerede form af gauren er gayalen (Bos frontalis).
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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 ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Body length3 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
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 ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
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 ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
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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