Gaur
Bos frontalis A. B. Lambert, 1804
Status not recordedmammals
The gaur (Bos frontalis) is a species in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. Recorded adults weigh 800 kg to 812.6 kg and live up to 26.2 years.
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Quick facts about the gaur
- Weight
- 800 kg
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 26.2 years
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 275 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.17
- Age at maturity
- 18.1 months – 19.7 months
- Litters or clutches a year
- 0.9
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the gaur live?
Not recorded
Is the gaur endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the gaur classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderArtiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusBos
- SpeciesBos frontalis A. B. Lambert, 1804
Synonyms Bos frontalis frontalis
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Domestic gaurEnglish
- GayalEnglish
- MithanEnglish
Relatives of the gaur
Other species in the same genus Bos.

Aurochs
Bos primigenius

Gaur
Bos gaurus

Wild yak
Bos mutus

Yak
Bos grunniens

Banteng
Bos javanicus

Kouprey
Bos sauveli
CompareGaur vs AurochsGaur vs GaurGaur vs Wild yakGaur vs Yak
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the gaur?
An adult gaur weighs 800 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the gaur live?
The gaur has a recorded lifespan of 26.2 years.
How long is the gaur pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 275 days.
What kind of animal is the gaur?
The gaur (Bos frontalis) belongs to the family Bovidae in the order Artiodactyla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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