Which one is the top prey hunted by the Apex Predator's?

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So, we have a thread about the top predator's behind big cat's and bear's, i think we could also add a thread about the toughest and most dangerous prey hunted by the world's most domiant predator's - also by those from the second row.

2 rules:

- please add only terrestrian or half terrestrian mammals
- only use prey, which is hunted at least by a significant amount of frequency (means, no elephants or rhino's), otherwise the dicussion would be over too fast

I start with the obvious candidate's:

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Gaur (Bos Gaurus)
The world's largest and most powerfull bovines. Despite their huge size, they are surprisingly fast and agile.
Adult animals are hunted by Tiger's only, calves are occasionally also taken by leopard's or dhole's. 

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Wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus Arnee)
Slightly smaller than Gaur's, but equipped with more devastating horn's with a wide range.
One of the rare'st wild bovine's in present days. Adult specimen also hunted by tiger's only througout their distribution range.

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The cape buffalo (Syncerus Caffer)
Africa's so called "black death", responsible for (rumored) hundred's of human death's yearly and feared for its aggresiveness.
Is hunted mostly by lion's, but also spotted hyena's do hunt them occasionally.

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American Bison (Bison Bison)
America's biggest mammal, has no reason to hide behind his tropical counterparts.
Subadult's and calves are hunted by wolves and sometimes also by brown bear's, while adult bull's rarely fell victim to predator's.

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Walrus (Odobenus Rosmarus)
Living in the northern polar and pacific region's. Protected by a huge amount of fat and blubber + impressive tusks.
Preyed by Polar Bear's.

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Wild boar (sus scrofa)
Almost present in every continent. Huge male boar's can reach size's of respective dimensions.
Even if hunted frequently by tiger's and wolve's (and some other's from time to time), there are documented case's, where wild boar's killed their attacker's - even tiger's.

Feel free to add some more if you want and tell your choice and reason about it - a top 3 would be also nice.

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