Rainforest Animals-Gaur

name:

Gaur

Scientific name:

Boss Gaul

Status:

Vulnerability

Scientific classification:

Kingdom: Animal Kingdom

Phylum: Chordate

Class: Mammals

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

Genus: boss

seed: B. Gaul

general information:

Gaul is a large cattle in South and Southeast Asia and is the most common in India. It is the largest of all wild cows and even larger than American bisons and buffaloes. The tame Gaur is called Gayar. Only tigers are natural predators and are terrifying and enormous throughout their range. And yet, Gaul can make tigers better for most of their encounters. While known to be relatively shy in areas with low human invasion, Gaul can be very aggressive and hostile in areas with abundant human presence. When vigilant or provoked, charging gaurs can cause great damage and harm. It is known to enter the fields to graze with domesticated cows, sometimes even killing them during battles. Bulls may also charge without provocation, especially during the summer when heat and parasites make them more annoying than usual.

Physical characteristics:

Men have a strong, muscular body and a distinctive dorsal fin on their shoulders. Females are fairly small and dorsal ridges are underdeveloped. Men stand about 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet 2.5 inches on their shoulders and weigh between 2,200 and 3,300 pounds. Women are short at about 7.9 and weigh between 1,540 and 2,200 pounds. Sizes vary by different variants of Gaul, with the smallest Malay varieties and the largest in Southeast Asian Gaul. It has a short dark brown coat with white or tan lower limbs. The tail is shorter than the domesticated cow, and the horns are flat from front to back.

diet:

Gaur is a herbivore that mainly eats grass and leaves, but is also known to eat other plants.

Habitat:

Gauls live in small herds of up to 40 and are more or less daytime. They are found on forested hills and grasslands and have a home range of about 30 square miles. Gaul is found in Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, India, Malaysia Peninsula, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Gaurs can breed at any time of the year, but breeding peaks between December and June. The gestation period is about 275 days and there are one or rarely two calves per birth. Young people become sexually mature in the second or third year.