Context

• Recently, the first population estimation exercise of the Indian gaur carried out in the Nilgiris Forest Division in recent years.

About Indian Gaur

• one of the largest extant bovines.
• native to South and Southeast Asia
• listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986.
• listed in CITES Appendix I, and is legally protected in all range states.
• extinct in Sri Lanka and probably also in Bangladesh.
• one of the largest species among the wild cattle.
• Gaur historically occurred throughout mainland South and Southeast Asia.