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Bengal Tiger v Gaur
Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 07:29 PM (15,022 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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Face-to-face the tiger is outmatched by the gaur. The gaur is just too big and powerful. It's not impossible for the tiger, but certainly improbable.
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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


Neofelis
Apr 28 2012, 09:23 PM
By cow, do they mean a female cow or a male bull?


Well it had a calf so I'd say it was female!!

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Is not that hard for a big cat to kill a much larger and dangerous bovid face to face. Once I saw a video where a lioness killed a buffallo that attacked her, held it by the head, mouth or something.
I can't believe so many people think this is a mismatch in favour of the bovid.
Tiger 7/10.
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This is not a mismatch, but you have to remember that such cases aren't the norm.
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I'm sorry tiger fans, but i have to say that gaur wins this one. Against an adult gaur, the tiger stands little chance. The gaur is at the very height of pound for pound strength for bovids, and is much larger than the tiger.
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Why are people in this forum always reducing things to fanboyism?
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Tigers do kill gaurs face to face, see http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9988174/1/
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So why only one Tiger? rolleyes
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Taipan
Nov 22 2013, 09:11 PM
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Nov 18 2013, 11:01 AM


The Gaur in this video is not a full grown male nor is it anywhere near north of 500 kg. The kill is good typical tiger efficiency.
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The above is one reason why tigers swim due to caloric activity, overheating.
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Dr. Sunquist noted the feecle matter in the tigers diet were from scavenging and not normal part of the largest Bengal tigers in Chitwan.

Typical size tigers favor
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There has never been a witness of a full grown adult male predated by any tiger.
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i don't think it is a mismatch, but I think the Guar would win more often than not in a face to face encounter.

Tigers kill Guar from ambush, and ambush is completely different from face to face. Even in ambush encounters, the guar will kill the tiger sometimes (perhaps more often than the reverse).

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There is only one tiger in the video!
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Found a very interesting account of a head to head fight between a large male tiger and an exceptionally massive bull gaur. Such accounts are very rare since most wild tigers value their lives, and thus prefer to target small/weak individuals.

From The Black Panther of Sivanipalli by Kenneth Anderson:

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So the tiger lost but not before inflicting life threatening injuries upon the much larger bovine:

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BTW, that particular gaur had a horn deformity that caused one of the two horns to project outwards, making it more effective for impaling. Interestingly, it killed the tiger by impaling it in the heart (not deliberately of course).. Not sure what you guys make of it.
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tiger will win 6/10 percent of times.
gaur will win 4/10 times


tigers are known to kill gaur and gaurs are also known to kill tiger.
but majority are tigers killing gaur.

tigers are best hunter.
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tiger will win 6/10 percent of times.
gaur will win 4/10 times


tigers are known to kill gaur and gaurs are also known to kill tiger.
but majority are tigers killing gaur.

tigers are best hunter.
Tiger only kill gaur by ambush. We are talking about a face to face fight here.
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