#0417 · 🦊 mammals

Gaur

Bos gaurus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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1. © G. VIGO · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

The gaur (/ɡaʊər/, Bos gaurus ), also called the Indian bison , is the largest extant bovine native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. Population decline in parts of its range is likely to be more than 70% during the last three generations. However, population trends are stable in well-protected areas, and are rebuilding in a few areas which previously had been neglected.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,821iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,821 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827 (199 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.