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gaur

Asiatic wild ox, dark grey-brown in colour with white ‘socks’ and standing 2 m/6 ft tall at the shoulders. It originally roamed across a vast area of land stretching from India to Southeast Asia and Malaysia, but population numbers and the area where it can be found are now much smaller. (Species Bos gaurus.)

A gaur was cloned in 2000 by the fusing of a skin cell of a dead male with a cow's egg cell. The gaur calf was carried by a cow surrogate mother and was be born in November 2000, but died two days later from an disease unrelated to the cloning.



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The 'gaur' or the Indian bison is an endangered species and found mostly in protected sanctuaries.
Kerala is home to a wide variety of fauna like Asian elephants, Bengal tigers, leopards, grizzled giant squirrels, lion-tailed macaques, sloth bears and the Indian bison.
Besides one-horned Rhinos, the other major wild attractions include a significant presence of Indian elephants, tigers, Indian bison, swamp deer, leopard cats, capped langurs, wild boars and buffalos, pythons and a wide variety of other wild animals and birds.
 
 
 
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