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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 07:29 PM (15,020 Views) | |
| Taipan | Feb 11 2012, 07:29 PM Post #1 |
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Bengal Tiger - Panthera tigris tigris The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent that in 2010 has been classified as endangered by IUCN. The total population is estimated at fewer than 2,500 individuals with a decreasing trend, and none of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the Bengal tiger's range is large enough to support an effective population size of 250 adult individuals. The Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies with populations estimated at 1,520–1,909 in India, 440 in Bangladesh, 124–229 in Nepal and 67–81 in Bhutan. Bengal is traditionally fixed as the typical locality for the binomial Panthera tigris, to which the British taxonomist Reginald Innes Pocock subordinated the Bengal tiger in 1929 under the trinomial Panthera tigris tigris.[Bengal Tigers are fully grown at 2-3 years of age. Male reach weights of 200-230 kilograms and up to three metres in length. The females are 130-170 kilograms and up to 2.5 meters long. They have stripes all over their body. Their stripes are like fingerprints. No two are the same. The stripes are not only in the tigers fur, but are a pigmentation of the skin. They have a white spot on the back of their ears,whick looks like eyes. ![]() Gaur - Bos gaurus The gaur (Bos gaurus), also called Indian bison, is a large bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The gaur has a high convex ridge on the forehead between the horns, which bends forward, causing a deep hollow in the profile of the upper part of the head. There is a prominent ridge on the back. The ears are very large; the tail only just reaches the hocks, and in old bulls the hair becomes very thin on the back. In colour, the adult male gaur is dark brown, approaching black in very old individuals; the upper part of the head, from above the eyes to the nape of the neck, is, however, ashy gray, or occasionally dirty white; the muzzle is pale coloured, and the lower part of the legs are pure white or tan. The cows and young bulls are paler, and in some instances have a rufous tinge, which is most marked in individuals inhabiting dry and open districts. The gaur is an extremely large mammal. It has a head-and-body length of 250 to 330 cm (8.2 to 10.8 ft) with a 70 to 105 cm (28 to 41 in) long tail, and is 165 to 220 cm (5.41 to 7.2 ft) high at the shoulder. The average weight is 650 to 1,000 kg (1,400 to 2,200 lb), with an occasional large bull weighing up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Males are about one-fourth larger and heavier than females. ![]() _____________________________________________________________________________
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| Rodentsofunusualsize | Feb 11 2012, 07:33 PM Post #2 |
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Face to face the Gaur should take this comfortably. |
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| Megafelis Fatalis | Feb 11 2012, 07:33 PM Post #3 |
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Gaur wins IMO Too big for a Tiger |
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| Superpredator | Feb 11 2012, 08:00 PM Post #4 |
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| Gregoire | Feb 11 2012, 08:01 PM Post #5 |
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I think face-to-face 1000kg Gaur vs 300 kg Tiger its 60/40 in favor of Gaur. But there is a lot of evidence of Tiger predation on Gaurs.
Edited by Gregoire, Feb 11 2012, 08:01 PM.
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| Taipan | Feb 11 2012, 08:43 PM Post #6 |
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Yes.
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| Elosha11 | Feb 11 2012, 09:50 PM Post #7 |
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In a face to face fight,I think it's more likely that the tiger kills the gaur, than vice versa. But it's also much more likely that the gaur drives the tiger away, then that the tiger kills the gaur. Gaur drives away tiger - 75%, tiger kills gaur - 25% (probably mostly in ambush scenarios), gaur kills tiger - 5%.
Edited by Elosha11, Feb 11 2012, 09:51 PM.
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| DinosaurMichael | Feb 11 2012, 09:54 PM Post #8 |
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Gaur wins face to face. Ambush Tiger wins. |
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| 1futuremarine1 | Feb 11 2012, 10:06 PM Post #9 |
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Gaur 9/10. |
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| Scar | Feb 12 2012, 08:23 PM Post #10 |
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I don't recall there being any evidence of a tiger taking a full grown guar down in any other way besides ambush. Without the element of surprise, I doubt any tiger alive today would be capable of killing a healthy bull face to face. There's a reason why tigers are ambush predators. |
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| Gregoire | Feb 12 2012, 08:30 PM Post #11 |
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I think the ambush hunting prevent the runaway of prey - Its the main reason. |
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| kuri | Feb 12 2012, 09:19 PM Post #12 |
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is a fight, which tooks 2 hours for the kill an ambush? My definition of an ambush is, quick kill before the prey knows what happens. 2 hours is more than a big fight. Edited by kuri, Feb 12 2012, 09:21 PM.
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| spalea | Feb 13 2012, 05:11 AM Post #13 |
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When I will see a movie showing really a tiger killing an adult gaur (and not simply a tiger behind a gaur's corpse), I will believe to the predation of tigers on adult gaurs. But now I would say that a tiger is able to kill a female gaur but not an adult male gaur which is too big for a lone tiger. |
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| GreenDragon | Feb 21 2012, 11:19 AM Post #14 |
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Mismatch in favor of the Guar. A healthy bull would destroy the much smaller tiger. |
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| DinosaurMichael | Feb 21 2012, 11:20 AM Post #15 |
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Don't Tigers prey on them though. If so then I wouldn't say it's a mismatch. Unless it's by ambush. |
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