Once plentiful in south-east Asia, gaur have significantly declined in numbers this century and are now confined to small scattered populations, primarily in India, and to a lesser degree in other neighboring south-east Asian countries. Today the gaur is classified as “Vulnerable”, but still remains a poorly studied animal. There have been many short-term studies of this species; however it has managed to elude a long-term study of its fundamental biology. It’s this very gap in our understanding that this study plans to address by studying the foraging, population and community ecology of the gaur.