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External Websites
- Nature - Scientific Reports - The complete mitochondrial genome of Indian gaur, Bos gaurus and its phylogenetic implications
- National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Food and nutrition of Gaur (Bos gaurus C.H. Smith, 1827) at the edge of Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
- Academia - Distribution, Ecology and Conservation of the Gaur (Bos gaurus, H. Smith, 1824)
- Thai National Parks - Gaur
Also known as: Bos gaurus
gaur, (Bos gaurus), one of several species of wild cattle, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). The gaur lives in small herds in the mountain forests of India, Southeast Asia, and the Malay Peninsula. Larger than any other wild cattle, it attains a shoulder height of 1.8 m (6 feet) or more. It is heavy-bodied and typically blue-eyed and has curving horns, a high ridge on the forepart of the back, and white “stockings” on the legs. Bulls are dark brown or blackish, cows and young reddish brown. Greatly reduced in numbers, gaurs survive only in scattered herds in India, Myanmar (Burma), West Malaysia, and Thailand.