{"id":8616,"date":"2020-06-16T13:44:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T08:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2020-06-16T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T08:14:16","slug":"indian-gaur-its-first-population-estimation-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/indian-gaur-its-first-population-estimation-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian gaur &#038; its first population estimation exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-section\" data-type=\"type-1\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Environment: Biodiversity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/2020\/6\/15\/9\/12\/35\/Indian_Gaur.jpg\" alt=\"The first population estimation exercise of the Indian gaur ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2022 The first population estimation exercise of the Indian gaur carried out in the Nilgiris Forest Division in recent years, which was conducted in February of this year, has revealed that more than an estimated 2,000 Indian gaurs inhabit the entire division.<\/p>\n<p><b>About:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It is commonly known as Indian Gaur; Gaur.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Scientific Name isBos Gaurus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It is one of the largest extant bovines. It is one of the largest species among the wild cattle, reaching a shoulder height of up to 220 cm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Gaurs are found on the forested hills and grassy areas of south to south east Asia.<\/p>\n<p><b>Highlights of the distribution areas:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They are found in India, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Western Ghats in southern India constitute one of the most extensive extant strongholds of gaur, in particular in the Wayanad \u2013 Nagarhole \u2013 Mudumalai \u2013 Bandipur complex.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The gaur is the State Animal of Goa and Bihar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Current Status:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Indian Government has included it in the Schedule I of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It is listed in CITES Appendix I.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Environment: Biodiversity Why in news? \u2022 The first population estimation exercise of the Indian gaur carried out in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-8616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8617,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions\/8617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}