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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 07:29 PM (15,022 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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| Cerberus | Jul 11 2013, 01:05 PM Post #46 |
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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 | Nov 22 2013, 09:11 PM Post #47 |
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| Taipan | Nov 22 2013, 09:13 PM Post #48 |
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Well it had a calf so I'd say it was female!! |
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| Ferae | Nov 23 2013, 12:56 AM Post #49 |
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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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| Jinfengopteryx | Nov 23 2013, 01:00 AM Post #50 |
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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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| The All-seeing Night | Nov 23 2013, 11:27 AM Post #51 |
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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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| Ferae | Nov 23 2013, 11:54 AM Post #52 |
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Why are people in this forum always reducing things to fanboyism? |
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| maker | Oct 1 2014, 04:22 PM Post #53 |
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Tigers do kill gaurs face to face, see http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9988174/1/ |
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| Deleted User | Oct 1 2014, 09:19 PM Post #54 |
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So why only one Tiger?
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| Asadas | Oct 1 2014, 11:16 PM Post #55 |
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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. ![]() The above is one reason why tigers swim due to caloric activity, overheating. 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 ![]() ![]() There has never been a witness of a full grown adult male predated by any tiger. |
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| Submit name request | Oct 2 2014, 06:56 AM Post #56 |
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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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| maker | Oct 2 2014, 06:59 AM Post #57 |
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There is only one tiger in the video! |
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| Molosser | Jun 28 2016, 03:47 PM Post #58 |
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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: ![]() So the tiger lost but not before inflicting life threatening injuries upon the much larger bovine: ![]() 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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| animalkingdom | Jun 29 2016, 12:22 PM Post #59 |
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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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| HyperNova | Jun 29 2016, 12:39 PM Post #60 |
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Tiger only kill gaur by ambush. We are talking about a face to face fight here. |
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