Editing Gaur (section)

=== Natural predators ===
Due to their size and power, gaur have few natural predators besides humans. [[Leopard]]s, [[dhole]] packs and large [[mugger crocodile]]s occasionally attack unguarded calves or unhealthy animals. Only [[tiger]]s and [[saltwater crocodile]]s have been reported to kill adult gaur. However, the habitat and distribution of the gaur and saltwater crocodile seldom overlap in recent times, due to the decreasing range of both species. A crocodile likely would need to be a mature adult male (more than {{cvt|3.7|m|ft|disp=or}} and {{cvt|300|kg|lb|disp=or}}) to make a successful attack on healthy adult gaurs.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Melletti |editor1-first=M. |editor2-last=Burton |editor2-first=J. |year=2014 |title=Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle: Implications for Conservation |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Guggisberg |first=C. A. W. |year=1972 |title=Crocodiles. Their Natural History, Folklore and Conservation |publisher=[[David & Charles]] Limited |location=[[Newton Abbot]], England}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Alligators and Crocodiles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOnXAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Crescent Books |date=1991 |isbn=978-0-517-07012-3 |first=M. |last=Penny}}</ref>

[[File:Tiger with gaur kill.jpg|thumb|A tiger with gaur carcass]]
Tigers hunt young or infirm gaur, but have also been reported to have killed healthy bulls weighing at least {{cvt|1000|kg}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hunter |first=L. |year=2011 |title=Carnivores of the World |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |location=Princeton, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-6911-5228-8}}</ref> When confronted by a tiger, the adult members of a gaur herd often form a circle surrounding the vulnerable young and calves, shielding them from the big cat. As tigers rely on ambush attacks when taking on prey as large as a gaur, they will almost always abandon a hunt if detected and met in this manner.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sunquist |first1=M. E. |last2=Karanth |first2=K. U. |last3=Sunquist |first3=F. |year=1999 |chapter=Ecology, behaviour and resilience of the tiger and its conservation needs |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbQ8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5 |title=Riding the tiger: tiger conservation in human-dominated landscapes |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge, UK |isbn=978-0-521-64835-6}}</ref> A herd of gaur in [[Malaysia]] encircled a calf killed by a tiger and prevented it from approaching the carcass.<ref name=Schaller>{{cite book |last=Schaller |first=G. |author-link=George Schaller |year=1967 |title=The Deer and the Tiger: a study of wildlife in India |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |location=Chicago |isbn=9780226736570 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOVGHXfod0wC}}</ref> Nevertheless, the gaur is a formidable opponent to the tiger and capable of killing tigers in self-defence.<ref name=Gaur39>{{cite book |title=Tigers of the World: The Science, Politics and Conservation of ''Panthera tigris'' |isbn=9780080947518 |last1=Tilson |first1=R. |last2=
Nyhus |first2=P.J. |date=2009 |publisher=Academic Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFIbjBEQolMC&pg=PA23}}</ref>