Gaur

The gaur is the largest of the wild cattle. A distinct ridge runs from the shoulders to the middle of the back, and the ears are very large. Adult males are dark brown, approaching black in very old animals, with an ashy grey or dirty white upper head, a pale muzzle and white or tan lower legs. Cows and young bulls are paler, sometimes with a rufous tinge (Wikipedia, general species account).

In Nepal the population was estimated at 250 to 350 in the mid-1990s, most of it in Chitwan and the adjacent Parsa National Park. The Chitwan population rose from 188 to 368 animals between 1997 and 2016. Where undisturbed, herds are largely diurnal, and adult males may be solitary. Gaur depend on large forest tracts with water and abundant forage. Nationally Vulnerable (Nepal National Red List 2011).