THE GAUR OR INDIAN BISON 



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between the horns, which bends forward to communicate a concave 

 profile to the forehead. With the exception of the white " stockings " 

 common to all the members of the group, the colour of the gaur is 

 uniform ; but the much flattened horns are of a peculiar yellowish-green 

 tint at the base. The height of adult bulls at the shoulder varies from 

 about 6 feet to 6 feet 4 inches, though specimens of more than 

 5 feet 5 or 6 inches are not often killed. 



Distribution. The forest hill-tracts of Pensinsular India, Assam, Burma, 

 and the Malay Peninsula, as well as the forests along the outer 

 Himalaya as far west as Nepal. South of the Ganges, where it 

 has not been exterminated, the gaur inhabits suitable districts in 

 Chutia Nagpur, Orissa, the Northern Cir-cars, Central Provinces, 

 Hyderabad territories, and all the Western Ghats. In the Malay 

 countries the species is known as the sladang or saladang. 



- Owner's measurements. 



