Game Animals of India, etc. 



probably will not go far. But if subjected to frequent 

 disturbance, they quickly become as shy as deer. . . . 

 I have never known a case of herd-gaur attacking man, 

 except such individuals as were wounded, and, being 

 pursued, found themselves unable to escape." 



The narrator then proceeds to state that in many of 

 their habits gaur resemble elephants, and that herds of 

 both may not infrequently be seen feeding together. 

 Solitary bulls, which often show their age by the 

 number of scars they bear on their nearly hairless 

 hides, have a bad reputation tor ferocity, being reported 

 to charge without provocation. While admitting that 

 this is to a certain degree the case, Mr. Sanderson 

 accounts for it by their greater liability to being 

 suddenly surprised while reposing than are the members 

 of a herd, some of whom are always on the watch. 

 And when thus surprised, like other animals, they not 

 uncommonly attack the disturber of their slumbers. 



It has long been a question whether the gaur 

 inhabiting the countries to the eastward of the Bay of 

 Bengal could be subspecifically distinguished from the 

 typical Indian animal. The head of a bull obtained 

 from Myitekyina, in Upper Burma, by Mr. Joseph 

 Reade seems, however, to leave little doubt that the 

 question should be answered in the affirmative, so far 

 as regards the pyoung, or Burmese representative of 

 the species. The result of numerous comparisons 

 tends to show that the skulls of o^aur from the countries 

 on the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal differ from 

 those of the Indian animal by the greater breadth 

 across the torehead. The Burmese gaur is also stated 

 to be taller than the Indian animal, with the ridge on 

 the shoulder extending farther along the back, the 

 concavity ot the forehead more pronounced, and the 

 horns larger, heavier, and shorter, with the tips seldom 

 worn. It used to be stated that the gaur is character- 

 ised by the absence of a dewlap, and of many specimens 

 this appears to be true. On the other hand, it appears, 



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