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Bengal Tiger v Gaur
Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 07:29 PM (15,021 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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Jun 29 2016, 12:39 PM
animalkingdom
Jun 29 2016, 12:22 PM
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.
yes i am talking about face to face fight.

here is picture of tiger killing water buffalo
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just looking at the bengal tigers you know they are very strong
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in face to face fight,tiger will kill gaur more times than not,but will also get injured like missing of eye,broken ribs,broken legs,broken teeths,but in the end it will def kill gaur.
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Jun 29 2016, 01:02 PM
HyperNova
Jun 29 2016, 12:39 PM
animalkingdom
Jun 29 2016, 12:22 PM
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.
yes i am talking about face to face fight.

here is picture of tiger killing water buffalo
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just looking at the bengal tigers you know they are very strong
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vs
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in face to face fight,tiger will kill gaur more times than not,but will also get injured like missing of eye,broken ribs,broken legs,broken teeths,but in the end it will def kill gaur.
I'm afraid that your comment doesn't prove anything.
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Jun 29 2016, 01:29 PM
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Jun 29 2016, 01:02 PM
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Jun 29 2016, 12:39 PM

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yes i am talking about face to face fight.

here is picture of tiger killing water buffalo
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just looking at the bengal tigers you know they are very strong
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vs
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in face to face fight,tiger will kill gaur more times than not,but will also get injured like missing of eye,broken ribs,broken legs,broken teeths,but in the end it will def kill gaur.
I'm afraid that your comment doesn't prove anything.
so take it as evidence that there are more accounts of tiger killing gaur than other way around btw there is even more than one face to face account of tiger killing gaur.
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Jun 29 2016, 01:45 PM
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Jun 29 2016, 01:29 PM
animalkingdom
Jun 29 2016, 01:02 PM

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just looking at the bengal tigers you know they are very strong
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in face to face fight,tiger will kill gaur more times than not,but will also get injured like missing of eye,broken ribs,broken legs,broken teeths,but in the end it will def kill gaur.
I'm afraid that your comment doesn't prove anything.
so take it as evidence that there are more accounts of tiger killing gaur than other way around btw there is even more than one face to face account of tiger killing gaur.
Can you post these accounts please?
Edited by HyperNova, Jun 29 2016, 01:55 PM.
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HyperNova
Jun 29 2016, 12:39 PM
animalkingdom
Jun 29 2016, 12:22 PM
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.
I did post a face to face fight between the 2. And the gaur was badly wounded despite the fact that it was one exceptionally big male.
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Jun 29 2016, 04:11 PM
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Jun 29 2016, 12:39 PM
animalkingdom
Jun 29 2016, 12:22 PM
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.
I did post a face to face fight between the 2. And the gaur was badly wounded despite the fact that it was one exceptionally big male.
I'm not sure if the gaur was really badly wounded, most peoples would describe clawing wound such as this : Posted Image
as a serious injury when in fact its a minor injury. If the tiger inflict that kind of injury on a gaur, the witness would probably describe it as serious injury.
Edited by HyperNova, Jun 30 2016, 01:03 PM.
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Jun 29 2016, 04:11 PM
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Jun 29 2016, 12:39 PM

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I did post a face to face fight between the 2. And the gaur was badly wounded despite the fact that it was one exceptionally big male.
I'm not sure if the gaur was really badly wounded, most peoples would describe clawing wound such as this : Posted Image
as a serious injury when in fact its a minor injury. If the tiger inflict that kind of injury on a gaur, the witness would probably describe it as serious injury.
i cannot find account right now,but there are accounts.
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Lol this is soo size dependent
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Bengal Tiger have been known to kill heathly Gaurs, but these events are rare

Advantadge Tiger:
Speed, Agility, Weopanry

Advantage Gaur:
Size, Strength

Overall, I think that the Guar is too big and powerful for the Tiger to take down, and it's horns can deliver fatal wounds to the Tiger
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Jun 26 2012, 05:45 AM
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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.
Hey LionClaws, just wondering. Do you still hold this view?
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A bull Guar full of Testosphrone would stomp a Tiger into the ground nearly every time. A female Gaur gets interesting thought. In which I slightly back the Tiger.
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Not a mismatch in favour of the gaur as some say... and I do think a male tiger can kill a male gaur occasionally.
Tigress killing gaur:


A lion, which is a worse hunter than the tiger, can kill cape buffalos which are more agressive than gaurs at 1v1 sometimes:


A tiger destroying a buffalo in seconds
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Feb 11 2012, 10:06 PM
Gaur 9/10.
And why do you think that
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An adult Gaur can kill Bengal Tiger .... even Siberian Tiger ..

Far larger and heavier than it's relatives ... Like American Bison , Cape Buffalo , Water Buffalo etc ...

Cape Buffalo already kills African Lions reported . Gaur likewise can kill tigers ...
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While it doesn't happen often, it is not uncommon for tigers to kill 2200 lb gaurs. "In Nagarahole National Park, the average weight of 83 tiger kills was 401 kg (884 lb).[16] This sample included several gaurs weighing upwards of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_tiger
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