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The Gaur (Bibos gaurus) is a large cattle species native to both the Indian subcontinent and parts of mainland Southeast Asia, it is known for being the largest extant cattle species, the largest extant bovine, and largest extant bovid in the world, it is one of the three extant species within the genus Bibos, the others are the Banteng (Bibos javanicus) and the Kouprey (Bibos sauveli), the gaur has four recognized subspecies: the Pahang Gaur (Bibos gaurus hubbacki), the Myanmar Gaur (Bibos gaurus readei), the Indian Gaur (Bibos gaurus gaurus), and the Gayal/Mithun (Bibos gaurus frontalis), like the gaur, the banteng also has four recognized subspecies: the Burmese Banteng (Bibos javanicus birmanicus), the Bornean Banteng (Bibos javanicus lowi), the Javan Banteng (Bibos javanicus javanicus), and the Bali Cattle (Bibos javanicus domesticus).
The scientific name of the indian wolf is actually now Canis pallipes pallipes as it is now part a different species from the grey wolf, which is the pale-footed wolf, the pale-footed wolf is a smaller species than the grey wolf and has the arabian wolf as another pale-footed wolf subspecies, in addition to the pale-footed wolf being more closely related to the new guinea singing dog and dingo than it is to the grey wolf.
@thinkwildlifefoundation2334, recent studies render Canis lupus polyphyletic just like Cervus elaphus and Sus scrofa are also rendered as polyphyletic, which is why the white wolf, sea wolf, eastern wolf, red wolf, pale-footed wolf, new guinea singing dog, and dingo as well as the recently extinct japanese wolf are all now considered separate species from the grey wolf, why the mediterranean deer, barbary deer, caspian deer, hangul, and elk/wapiti are all now considered separate species from the red deer, and why the mediterranean hog, barbary pig, black-footed hog, crested hog, banded pig, formosan hog, and japanese pig are all now considered separate species from the wild boar The Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) now has only twenty-five recognized subspecies: the Steppe Wolf (Canis lupus campestris), the South China Wolf (Canis lupus szechuanensis), the Himalayan Wolf (Canis lupus filchneri), the Mongolian Wolf (Canis lupus chanco), the Italian Wolf (Canis lupus italicus), the †Sicilian Wolf (Canis lupus cristaldii), the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus), the Scandinavian Wolf (Canis lupus norvegicus), the †English Wolf (Canis lupus englandensis), the †Scottish Wolf (Canis lupus scoticus), the †Irish Wolf (Canis lupus iricus), the Russian Wolf (Canis lupus communis), the Common Wolf (Canis lupus lupus), the Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris), the †Kenai Peninsula Wolf (Canis lupus alces), the Yukon Wolf (Canis lupus pambasileus), the Alaskan Timber Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis), the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus irremotus), the †Cascade Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus fuscus), the †Great Plains Wolf (Canis lupus nubilus), the †Newfoundland Wolf (Canis lupus beothucus), the Labrador Wolf (Canis lupus labradorius), the †Mogollon Wolf (Canis lupus mogollonensis), the †Texas Wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis), and the Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) now has only ten recognized subspecies: the Crimean Red Deer (Cervus elaphus brauneri), the Pannonian Red Deer (Cervus elaphus pannoniensis), the Alpine Red Deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus), the Mesola Red Deer (Cervus elaphus italicus), the Iberian Red Deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus), the Swedish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus), the Norwegian Red Deer (Cervus elaphus atlanticus), the Scottish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus), the English Red Deer (Cervus elaphus englandensis), and the Irish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus hibernicus) The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) now only has nine recognized subspecies: the Siberian Hog (Sus scrofa sibiricus), the Ussuri Pig (Sus scrofa ussuricus), the West Russian Hog (Sus scrofa russicus), the Scandinavian Pig (Sus scrofa scrofa), the Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), the British Isles Pig (Sus scrofa englandensis), the Alpine Hog (Sus scrofa aper), the Pyrenean Hog (Sus scrofa pyrenaicus), and the Iberian Pig (Sus scrofa hispanicus) For those that are now separate species from the grey wolf, red deer, and wild boar The White Wolf (Canis albus) is a polytypic species with eight recognized subspecies: the Tundra Wolf (Canis albus albus), the Barren-Ground Wolf (Canis albus tundrarum), the Hudson Bay Wolf (Canis albus hudsonicus), the Mackenzie River Wolf (Canis albus mackenzii), the †Banks Island Wolf (Canis albus bernardi), the Queen Elizabeth Islands Wolf (Canis albus arctos), the Baffin Island Wolf (Canis albus manningi), and the Greenland Wolf (Canis albus orion) The †Japanese Wolf (Canis hodophilax) is a polytypic species with two recognized subspecies: the †Ezo Wolf (Canis hodophilax hattai) and the †Honshu Wolf (Canis hodophilax hodophilax) The Sea Wolf (Canis crassodon) is a polytypic species with three recognized subspecies: the Columbian Wolf (Canis crassodon columbianus), the Vancouver Island Wolf (Canis crassodon crassodon), and the Archipelago Wolf (Canis crassodon ligoni) The Eastern Wolf (Canis lycaon) is a polytypic species with two recognized subspecies: the †Manitoba Wolf (Canis lycaon griseoalbus) and the Algonquin Timber Wolf (Canis lycaon lycaon) The Red Wolf (Canis rufus) is a polytypic species with three recognized subspecies: the †Mississippi River Wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi), the †Florida Black Wolf (Canis rufus floridanus), and the Grass Wolf (Canis rufus rufus) The Pale-Footed Wolf (Canis pallipes) is a polytypic species with two recognized subspecies: the Arabian Wolf (Canis pallipes arabs) and the Indian Wolf (Canis pallipes pallipes) The New Guinea Singing Dog (Canis hallstromi) is proposed to be a polytypic species with two possibly recognized subspecies: the Western New Guinea Singing Dog (Canis hallstromi hallstromi) and the Papua New Guinea Singing Dog (Canis hallstromi papuensis) The Dingo (Canis dingo) is proposed to be a polytypic species with possibly two possibly recognized subspecies: the Northeastern Dingo (Canis dingo dingo) native to both Northern and Eastern Australia and the Southwestern Dingo (Canis dingo victoriae) native to both Southern and Western Australia The Mediterranean Deer (Cervus corsicanus) is a polytypic species with two recognized subspecies: the Corsican Deer (Cervus corsicanus corsicanus) and the Sardinian Deer (Cervus corsicanus sardinianus) The Barbary Deer (Cervus barbarus) is a monotypic species The Caspian Deer (Cervus maral) is a monotypic species The Hangul (Cervus hanglu) is a polytypic species with three confirmed subspecies: the Kashmir Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu), the Bactrian Hangul (Cervus hanglu bactrianus), and the Yarkand Hangul (Cervus hanglu yarkandensis) The Elk or Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is a polytypic species with fifteen recognized subspecies: the Tibetan Elk (Cervus canadensis wallichii), the Kansu Elk (Cervus canadensis kansuensis), the Sichuan Elk (Cervus canadensis macneilli), the Mongolian Elk (Cervus canadensis mongoliensis), the Alashan Elk (Cervus canadensis alashanicus), the Tian Shan Elk (Cervus canadensis songaricus), the Manchurian Elk (Cervus canadensis xanthopygus), the †Korean Elk (Cervus canadensis coreanus), the Siberian Elk (Cervus canadensis sibiricus), the Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), the Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), the Tule Elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes), the †Merriam's Elk (Cervus canadensis merriami), the Manitoba Elk (Cervus canadensis manitobensis), and the †Algonquin Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis) The Mediterranean Hog (Sus meridionalis) is a polytypic species with three recognized subspecies: the Maremman Hog (Sus meridionalis majori), the Corsican Hog (Sus meridionalis meridionalis), and the Sardinian Hog (Sus meridionalis sardous) The Barbary Pig (Sus algirus) is a monotypic species The Black-Footed Hog (Sus nigripes) is a polytypic species with four recognized subspecies: the Carpathian Hog (Sus nigripes attilus), the Persian Hog (Sus nigripes davidi), the Blanford's Hog (Sus nigripes nigripes), and the Edwards' Hog (Sus nigripes moupinensis) The Crested Hog (Sus cristatus) is a polytypic species with two recognized subspecies: the Indian Hog (Sus cristatus cristatus) and the Sri Lanka Hog (Sus cristatus ceylonensis) The Banded Pig (Sus vittatus) is a polytypic species with five recognized subspecies: the Indochinese Banded Pig (Sus vittatus thaicus), the Malayan Banded Pig (Sus vittatus malayanus), the Sumatran Banded Pig (Sus vittatus sumatrensis), the Javan Banded Pig (Sus vittatus vittatus), and the Komodo Banded Pig (Sus vittatus komodoensis) The Formosan Hog (Sus taivanus) is a monotypic species The Japanese Pig (Sus leucomystax) is a polytypic species with two recognized subspecies: the Honshu Pig (Sus leucomystax leucomystax) and the Ryukyu Pig (Sus leucomystax riukiuanus) In case you should also know The only eight extant dog species in the Canis genus are now the Grey Wolf (Canis lupus (cladistically including the Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris))), the White Wolf (Canis albus), the Sea Wolf (Canis crassodon), the Eastern Wolf (Canis lycaon), the Red Wolf (Canis rufus), the Pale-Footed Wolf (Canis pallipes), the New Guinea Singing Dog (Canis hallstromi), and the Dingo (Canis dingo) The only six extant deer species in the Cervus genus are now the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), the Mediterranean Deer (Cervus corsicanus), the Barbary Deer (Cervus barbarus), the Caspian Deer (Cervus maral), the Hangul (Cervus hanglu), and the Elk or Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) And the only eight extant pig species in the Sus genus are now the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa (cladistically including the Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus))), the Mediterranean Hog (Sus meridionalis), the Barbary Pig (Sus algirus), the Black-Footed Hog (Sus nigripes), the Crested Hog (Sus cristatus), the Banded Pig (Sus vittatus), the Formosan Hog (Sus taivanus), and the Japanese Pig (Sus leucomystax)
Beautiful footage. so wonderful to see those sloth bears having a good time! Thank you so much. Can someone please explain what they seem to like licking on those rocks?
