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THE GAUR. 
Bos Gaurus or Gaveus Gaurus.— Native names : Gauri Gai, Hind ; Gayal , 
Orissa ; Gaur , Chota Nagpur ; Khulga, W. Ghauts ; Bon Boda, Central India ; 
Karthi , Mysore ; Mithun , Assam ; Pera-mao, Gond ; Gowai , Kurku ; SfZoi, Chitta¬ 
gong ; Pyoung , Burmese; Aad Zona, Canara. The Indian “ Bison ” of 
sportsmen. 
Habitat .—Nearly all the great hilly forest tracts of India, Assam, 
Burma and Malay States. 
Period of gestation .—Uncertain. It breeds in the cold season. 
Description.—Very massive in form, deep body, small limbs and hoofs, 
and large eats. A ridge along the back terminates about midway between 
shoulder and tail. It has thirteen pairs of ribs, the dewlap is almost undefined, 
the greenish yellow horns are flattened towards the base and curved throughout’ 
the black tips being turned inwards and slightly backwards. Old males are 
almost black, younger animals are dark brown, young males and females being 
more rufous, the lower parts are paler, and the legs from above the knees and 
hocks to the hoofs are white. The muzzle is pale, and the head to the nape of 
the neck is ashy grey. The Gaur keeps to forest or high grass, but not always 
near hills ; it is found in herds of from five to thirty, but the finest and oldest bulls 
are always solitary. They are shy and feed chiefly on grasses, though they 
