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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Pckts - 02-27-2018

(02-27-2018, 11:45 AM)Jimmy Wrote: Wish there were more photos and clear pics of these two bovines....
Gaur and American bison

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Same, I'd love to see two prime specimens next to one another.

RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Rishi - 03-26-2018

Bull gaur in passing through Ooty town.

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They often take short-cuts through the tea/coffee/spice plantations & adjoining settlements instead of the identified forest corridors.
They mostly keep to themselves though...

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Jimmy - 03-28-2018

This gaur has the biggest/longest horns i have ever seen in the wild... from Bandipur reserve, India

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Rishi - 03-28-2018

(03-28-2018, 04:59 PM)Jimmy Wrote: This gaur has the biggest/longest horns i have ever seen in the wild... from Bandipur reserve, India

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Wow! Nice find. 

I've never seen even a photo of a gaur with any larger horns... just this olfsketch of a specimen.


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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Jimmy - 03-29-2018

Gaur-Bos gaurus all the pics frm Chitwan national park, photo credits to respective photographers

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Rishi - 04-14-2018

Kanha, ©Naren Malik.

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Jimmy - 05-31-2018

Some gaurs filmed in Chitwan by nature guides
A bull rubbing against termite mound



some 100 individuls according to the guide



from elephant back



a bull in a sal forest





RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - parvez - 08-17-2018


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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - parvez - 08-25-2018

Humongous gaur,

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Pckts - 09-01-2018


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Here you go @Wolverine 


There should be a few factors taken into account first
One is that the exaggerated shoulder and neck flap in the Gaur gives the impression that their neck is thin

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but when viewed from the front you can see just how thick it really is
 
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Where a Cape doesn't have such an exaggerated shoulder and neck which take away from the true neck size

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I'd venture to guess that neck dimensions on both are fairly close

RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Wolverine - 09-01-2018

There is reason what you are saying, its possible.

RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Pckts - 09-01-2018

Regardless, there is nothing easy about tackling this beast...

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Rishi - 09-02-2018

Famous bulls of Jaldapara, North Bengal.
Source: Jaldapara Wildlife

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Jimmy - 09-02-2018

^that second bull! what an absolute monster!!!

RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Wolverine - 09-07-2018

@Pckts specially for you, an epic fight between Hindu Hercules and gaur. I didn't believe that outside Hollywood could be created a movie with such a magnitude and genious as Bahubali. The gaur is simply majestic: