INDIAN GAUR

NAME OF ANIMAL	DESCRIPTION
INDIAN GAUR	THE INDIAN BISON IS A MASSIVELY BUILT ANIMAL AND IS VERY STRONG. THEY HAVE A CONVEX SHAPE IN THE FOREHEAD. THE LIMBS ARE VERY STRONG AND STURDY.

MEASUREMENT	MALE	FEMALE
HEAD TO BODY LENGTH	104-138 inches (264-350 cm)	Female: 95-130 inches (240-330 cm)
SHOULDER HEIGHT	66.9″-86.6″ (170-220 cm)	165 -185 CM
HEIGHT	: Male: 68-77 inches (173-195 cm)	: 67-72 inches (170-183 cm)
TAIL LENGTH	70-105 CM LONG	70-105 CM
WEIGHT	1500-2200 LBS (680-1000 KG)	770-1760 lbs (350-800 kg)

CHARACTERISTICS	DESCRIPTION
RANGE	THE GAUR LIVES IN SMALL HERDS IN THE MOUNTAIN FORESTS OF INDIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. THESE CREATURES HAVE BROKEN POPULATIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT AREAS OF SOUTHERN ASIA. TWO MAJOR POPULATIONS IN INDIA, ONE IN THE SOUTHWEST, AND ANOTHER IN THE EAST. THEY ALSO LIVE ALONG THE MOUNTAINS IN NEPAL AND BHUTAN. OTHER POPULATIONS LIVE THROUGHOUT AREAS OF BANGLADESH, BURMA, LAOS, THAILAND, MALAYSIA, CAMBODIA, AND VIETNAM.
HABITAT	DESPITE THEIR IMMENSE SIZE, GAURS LIVE IN FORESTS. THEY ARE MOST PROLIFIC IN EVERGREEN FORESTS, BUT ALSO LIVE IN SEMI-EVERGREEN AND DECIDUOUS FORESTS. THIS SPECIES THRIVES IN UNDISTURBED FOREST, OR AREAS WHERE HUMANS HAVE NOT CUT OR USED THE HABITAT.
PRIMARY DIET	HERBIVORES
FOOD HABITATS	GAURS HAVE EXTREMELY VARIABLE DIETS. BUT EAT AN IMMENSELY WIDE VARIETY OF PLANTS. THEY ARE GRAZERS OF GRASS, AND BROWSERS OF LEAVES AND SHRUBS. SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOODS THEY EAT ARE FRUIT, GRASS, LEAVES, STEMS, SEEDS, FLOWERS, AND MORE. WHILE THEY DO SHOW PREFERENCE FOR SOME TYPES OF PLANTS OVER OTHERS
STATUS	ENDANGERED
CONSERVATION STATUS	ALTHOUGH THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF THE GAUR IS DECLINING ALARMINGLY.
REASON FOR THE STATUS	ONE OF THE MOST CONSIDERABLE THREATS IS THE LOSS OF HABITAT THROUGHOUT MOST OF THEIR RANGE. ANOTHER SERIOUS CONCERN IS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DOMESTIC CATTLE DISEASES LIKE RINDERPEST, HOOF, AND MOUTH DISEASE. IN ADDITION, THIS ANIMAL ATTRACTS HUNTERS FOR ITS HORNS AND IS HUNTED FOR SPORT.

CHARACTERISTICS	DESCRIPTION: REPRODUCTION & BEHAVIOR
GESTATION PERIOD	270-280 DAYS
YOUNG PER BIRTH	SINGLE YOUNG GAUR ( RARELY TWINS )
WEANING	7-12 MONTHS
LIFESTYLE	HERD
SEXUAL MATURITY	2 AND 3 YEARS OF AGE
BEHAVIOR	DUE TO THEIR HUGE SIZE, THEY HAVE A FEW ENEMIES. HOWEVER, LEOPARDS, DHOLES, CROCODILES CAN ATTACK UNGUARDED CATTLE AND KILL A FULL–GROWN ADULT ALSO
MAIN PREDATOR	DUE TO THEIR HUGE SIZE, THEY HAVE A FEW ENEMIES. HOWEVER, LEOPARDS, DHOLES, CROCODILES CAN ATTACK UNGUARDED CATTLE AND KILL A FULL – GROWN ADULT ALSO
LIFESPAN IN THE WILD	30 YEARS
LIFESPAN IN CAPTIVITY	26 YRS