Size comparisons

[Rishi]

@Wolverine @Pckts @Vegeta San

A gaur's neck & throat looked kinda thin to me too, especially when you're comparing it to its body. But compared to neck of buffaloes etc. that may not be the case. The gaurs body shape is primarily responsible for this illusion.
The gaurs crown is very high between the horns & just after the neck ends, there is a massive muscular hump, giving the quite robust neck in bulls an unimpressive look. The skin-flap below their chest only amplifies it...

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But that is not the case for cape buffaloes. Their body doesn't look so front heavy making the thick & robust neck stand out. Like in this bull.
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But when i "gaur-ify" the animals' physique (hump didn't fit) then it has a similar effect.

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Any difference in thickness of neck, if it exists, can only be confirmed by someone who has seen similar specimens in both. 
Still if you resize images to an estimated size parity then they look very similar.

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Size difference in Water buffalo & cape buffalo is the most debatable. Visibly, there is not much stark difference other than the shape of their horns. 
Wiki says: 
They rank alongside the gaur as the heaviest living wild bovid species, as both attain similar average if not maximum weights, although, with their stockier, shorter-legged frame, wild water buffalo are somewhat less in length and height than the gaur.

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