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Gaur vs African Buffalo:
Here is a set of measurements, in the flesh, of these great animals.

1. Gaur (Bos gaurus):

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This compilation shows how rare are the gaur measurements. Take in count that these are measurements "between pegs".

2. African buffalo (Syncerus caffer):

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I don't know how these measurements were taken, I guess they were in straight line. There is little data about the head-body length, but the average from Zimbabwe is smaller than that of the gaur. On the Serengeti specimens, I can only guess a maximum head-body length of 2700 mm, assuming that the largest tail belongs to the largest specimen, but this is probably not the case.

Overall, the gaur is relative longer in comparison with the African buffalo, larger in overall dimensions, specially in the height of the shoulders. However, exceptionally large bulls from Africa are very large and match the size of some gaurs, specifically in the weight (max. of 900 kg in Pretorius GR).

However, if you ask me for a true competitor against the gaur, I will discard the African Buffalo and I will choose the American bison, those are MASSIVE animals, and they sizes are very close to the gaur. Another competitor is the yac, with some reports of huge specimens in the wild.
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