All about Gaur (Bos gaurus)

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(04-28-2020, 11:00 PM)Pckts Wrote: I wish I could find it, but there was a Gaur from either Thailand or Vietnam that weighed 1700kg, if I'm remembering correctly.
I'll look around to see if I can find it.

Now that you mention it, I think that I remember a record for a huge gaur from "Cochin" or something like that, that weighed about that figure. Sadly I lost that information, but I also remember some measurements that according with the author where "bigger" thant those of the gaurs of India, but I never had the oportunity to compare it.

Edit: I found that in the Rowland Ward Records of Big Game of 1935 there is a report of a huge gaur that weighed 2700 lb and was reported by H. A. White from Cochin, China. This is the only record that I remember of a gaur bigger than the biggest gaur from India, based in weights at least. Here is the image:

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I remember that there was a journal that discussed the realiability of the record weight of 2700 lb for that specific gaur, specially because of the fact that the record says that the gaur was "clean" in that moment, but like I told you, I lost that information.

There is other book that quote a maximum figure of 1,500 kg from China, but they do not quote any source for that claim.

This is all I can remember of that record. Nothing from Indochina, just some measurements that I had but that I was unable to compare. Reply