gaur

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He says: "The gaur is an inhabitant of all the large forests of India, from near Cape Comorin to the foot of the Himalayas.

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  1. noun A large, dark-coated wild ox (Bos gaurus) of hilly areas of southeast Asia. Also called seladang.

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  • At the Thekkady National Park you may spot the wild elephants, leopard, wild dog, barking deer, mouse deer, Nilgiri langur (a primate), bonnet macaque, sambhar, porcupines, squirrels, gaur (Indian bison), wild boar and sloth bear besides the tigers and the Nilgiri tahrs. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Bob Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Massachusetts cloned an endangered wild cattle species called the gaur using a cow's egg. —  New Scientist - Online News
  • The research group and others successfully have in the past used eggs to clone closely related species: the gaur and banteng using cow eggs and rabbit eggs used to generate embryos using cells from cats and panda. —  GEN News Highlights
  • You will also get to see various species of tiger, sambhar, wild pigs, gaur, deer, mouse deer, dole and Indian wild dog here. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Bilbo garaikoetxea_eider @eitb. com eitb24, atzo, gaur, bihar —  BarCamp
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  1. Hindi, from Sanskrit gauraḥ; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Middle English gauren, regarded as representing modern English gare: see gare.
  2. The native East Indian name, from Sanskrit gaura.
 

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