Size comparisons

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(01-10-2019, 06:44 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(01-10-2019, 06:31 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(01-10-2019, 01:27 PM)Jimmy Wrote:

(01-10-2019, 12:12 AM)brotherbear Wrote: An interesting comparison might be a bull gaur compared to a great Indian one-horned rhinoceros.

here, i included banteng also to comprehend the size difference -the shoulder height given for banteng in Wikipedia is quite low at 5.6ft, which makes them tiny compared to these two  behemoths, maybe some specimen could go up to 6 ft, that would make sense

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It is still quite impressive, that biggest bull gaurs can be heavier than average female rhinos. I remember seeing in more than one place mentioned, that female rhinos in India are in average about 1600 kg. And biggest bull gaurs are said to weight in exceptional cases even 1700 kg. If that animal would happen to run full speed to side of bull rhino, it for sure would feel it. I wander if there is some reason why so difficult to find photos about these two species nearby each others? I have no idea, just thinking, that maybe too close match and two species known to be aggressive too time to time. But if someone has knowledge, maybe that could be discussed in gaur thread, not here.

There are very few places where they overlap and the few where they do Gaur numbers are low.  Water Buffalo and Rhino cross paths much more than Gaur. Water Buffalo are very close in size compared to Gaur for scaling purposes.

Ok, that of course explains a lot. I am not so interested about size comparisons in this case, but more about interaction in wild. Interesting species. Reply