GAUR, GOUR
\ɡˈɔː], \ɡˈɔː], \ɡ_ˈɔː]\
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One of the largest of all the members of the ox tribe (Bos gaurus), inhabiting the mountain jungles of India, remarkable for the extraordinary elevation of its spinal ridge, the absence of a dew-lap, and its white "stockings," which reach above the knee, and so fierce when roused that neither tiger, rhinoceros, nor elephant dare attack it. The hide on the shoulders and hindquarters Is sometimes nearly 2 inches in thickness even after being dried, and is therefore much valued for the purpose of being manufactured into shields. The animal is supposed to be incapable of domestication.
By Daniel Lyons
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