The state animal of Goa.

 

Gaur Indian Bison

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

Subfamily: Bovinae

Genus: Bos

Species; B. gaurus

This hefty animal is the state animal of Goa and has a very heavy body . The picture that i clicked was of gaur in their herd. There are a bunch of them. This picture was clicked during the Bondla field trip.

as the name suggest Gaur are endemic to India, they are native to south asia and southeast asia.

Describing their characteristic features, they are strong and massively built bovine with a high cover ridge on the forehead between the horns.They have a prominent ridge on their back that gives them a characteristic structure. 

Well at the animal ,at the first instinct i was scared seeing their heavy body the first thought that clicked me was what if the animal break the fencing they are kept in, I am gonna be dead 😰. But then it was a random and irrelevant of me to think that.