πGaur
The gaur, also known as the Indian bison, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population was estimated at a maximum of 21,000 mature individuals in 2016, with the majority of those existing in India. It is the largest species among the wild cattle and the Bovidae.
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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 βHide β
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Body length3 mCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Shoulder height1.93 m1.65β2.2 m Β· typical rangenot statedDetails βHide β
"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/ Β· see citation
Maximum lifespan26 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Generation length8.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Age at maturity1.7 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation275 daysCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Population density0.86 per kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Volume l813 LaverageDetails βHide β
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
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderArtiodactyla
- βΊfamilyBovidae
- βΊgenusBos
- βΊspeciesBos frontalis
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyBovinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyBovinae
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