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Bengal Tiger v Gaur
Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 07:29 PM (15,024 Views)
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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.

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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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Gregoire
Feb 10 2012, 07:15 PM
Gaur vs Tiger
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Feb 21 2012, 11:20 AM
GreenDragon
Feb 21 2012, 11:19 AM
Mismatch in favor of the Guar.

A healthy bull would destroy the much smaller tiger.
Don't Tigers prey on them though. If so then I wouldn't say it's a mismatch. Unless it's by ambush.
Its by ambush. And even then, its so rare for a tiger to kill a bull.
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Hmm, how often has the gaur accually killied the tiger during a confrontaition? The gaur certainly would be able to fend off an attacking tiger more often then not if it´s a face to face confrontation and that would be the most realistic scenario.
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GreenDragon
Feb 21 2012, 11:24 AM
DinosaurMichael
Feb 21 2012, 11:20 AM
GreenDragon
Feb 21 2012, 11:19 AM
Mismatch in favor of the Guar.

A healthy bull would destroy the much smaller tiger.
Don't Tigers prey on them though. If so then I wouldn't say it's a mismatch. Unless it's by ambush.
Its by ambush. And even then, its so rare for a tiger to kill a bull.
Oh alright. I can agree face to face the Gaur would win, but at rare times the Tiger could possibly wins.
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Taipan
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Don't know how relevant this article is:

Tiger loses fight to cow in Valparai

TNN | Apr 28, 2012, 02.53AM IST

COIMBATORE: Tension prevailed in Valparai, a tea-growing town on the slopes of Western Ghats near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, after a 10-year-old male tiger sneaked into a cowshed in a thickly-populated locality early Friday morning.

However, the lone cow in the shed not only resisted the tiger's attack but also severely injured the big cat. Unable to walk, the tiger was confined to the cowshed till late evening, when a veterinarian tranquilized it.

Valparai is ringed by forests including the Anamalai Tiger Reserve and frequent attacks by leopards and elephants have been reported from here in the past. However, this is the first time in recent years that a tiger had entered a homestead.

The tiger was first seen by R Gnanasekaran, a resident of Periyar Nagar locality in Valaparai, who noticed the animal in his cowshed at around 6.30am. His cow was taking on the tiger that had entered the shed expecting an easy prey. The tiger had killed a calf owned by Gnanasekaran two days ago and left the half-eaten carcass behind. Forest officials said the animal may have returned to retrieve the kill. Angry at not finding the carcass, the tiger attacked the cow, which, however, fought back. The big cat sustained gashes in its thigh and abdomen whereas the cow suffered only minor injuries.

Gnanasekaran had thought the calf was killed by a leopard, common in the area, and buried the carcass. Forest officials have since confirmed that the tiger that appeared on Friday morning had killed the calf two days earlier.

Though the tiger couldn't move, its periodic growls and snarls left the crowd that had gathered at Gnansekaran's house guessing whether the animal would attack. Forest officials led by Manampally range officer Arokiaraj Xavier and Valparai range officer Krishnaswami had a tough time controlling the rush of people to watch the tiger. At noon, they tried to trap the tiger in a net and shift it to a cage. That, however, failed.

The wait lasted until forest veterinary assistant surgeon Dr N Kalaivanan arrived from Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in the Nilgiris by 6.30pm. Though Valaparai is prone to frequent attacks by wild animals, veterinarians with expertise in the use of tranquilizers were not available in the town or in neighbouring areas. By sunset, Kalaivanan tranquilized the tiger and the animal was shifted to a cage after treating it for the injuries. Forest officials will keep the cat in captivity in Manampally forest range office under the observation of Kalaivanan until it recovers from the injuries.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Tiger-loses-fight-to-cow-in-Valparai/articleshow/12903616.cms
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By cow, do they mean a female cow or a male bull?
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Ambush: Tiger

Up front fight in the open: The Uber-cow is going to destroy it
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Face-to-face - Gaur 6/10
Ambush - Tiger 8/10
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Face to face 8/10 Gaur

Amush 8/10 Tiger
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Yeah i agree with the above, the tiger would lose face to face. It has a chance though.
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Only a small one. The gaur is too much head-to-head.
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bull is much bigger and powerfully built, only chance for tiger is a surprise attack to the neck.
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Taipan
Apr 28 2012, 02:24 PM
Don't know how relevant this article is:

Tiger loses fight to cow in Valparai

TNN | Apr 28, 2012, 02.53AM IST

COIMBATORE: Tension prevailed in Valparai, a tea-growing town on the slopes of Western Ghats near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, after a 10-year-old male tiger sneaked into a cowshed in a thickly-populated locality early Friday morning.

However, the lone cow in the shed not only resisted the tiger's attack but also severely injured the big cat. Unable to walk, the tiger was confined to the cowshed till late evening, when a veterinarian tranquilized it.

Valparai is ringed by forests including the Anamalai Tiger Reserve and frequent attacks by leopards and elephants have been reported from here in the past. However, this is the first time in recent years that a tiger had entered a homestead.

The tiger was first seen by R Gnanasekaran, a resident of Periyar Nagar locality in Valaparai, who noticed the animal in his cowshed at around 6.30am. His cow was taking on the tiger that had entered the shed expecting an easy prey. The tiger had killed a calf owned by Gnanasekaran two days ago and left the half-eaten carcass behind. Forest officials said the animal may have returned to retrieve the kill. Angry at not finding the carcass, the tiger attacked the cow, which, however, fought back. The big cat sustained gashes in its thigh and abdomen whereas the cow suffered only minor injuries.

Gnanasekaran had thought the calf was killed by a leopard, common in the area, and buried the carcass. Forest officials have since confirmed that the tiger that appeared on Friday morning had killed the calf two days earlier.

Though the tiger couldn't move, its periodic growls and snarls left the crowd that had gathered at Gnansekaran's house guessing whether the animal would attack. Forest officials led by Manampally range officer Arokiaraj Xavier and Valparai range officer Krishnaswami had a tough time controlling the rush of people to watch the tiger. At noon, they tried to trap the tiger in a net and shift it to a cage. That, however, failed.

The wait lasted until forest veterinary assistant surgeon Dr N Kalaivanan arrived from Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in the Nilgiris by 6.30pm. Though Valaparai is prone to frequent attacks by wild animals, veterinarians with expertise in the use of tranquilizers were not available in the town or in neighbouring areas. By sunset, Kalaivanan tranquilized the tiger and the animal was shifted to a cage after treating it for the injuries. Forest officials will keep the cat in captivity in Manampally forest range office under the observation of Kalaivanan until it recovers from the injuries.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Tiger-loses-fight-to-cow-in-Valparai/articleshow/12903616.cms
If a small domestic bovid that relies on humans for defense can do it, then a gigantic wild bovid that relies on its own prowess and that of its brothers for defense can do it.

Mismatch in favor of the guar.
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That account was unusual. I don't think the tiger was in good health, and it was pretty old. If a tiger wanted to it would kill that cow in under 2 minutes.
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A Gaur wins for the simple fact that it holds every meaningful advantage, excluding perhaps agility.
A Gaur is far larger, far stronger, better armed, and has superior armor through it's sheer mass.
A Gaur could survive even the best single attack that a Tiger could dishout, on the other hand a Tiger would be severly wounded by any type of a successful attack from a Gaur that is armed with it horns.
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The tiger cannot defeat a full grown healthy bull gaur in a face to face confrontation, even by ambush I doubt a lone tiger could defeat one.
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