Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Banteng
Bos javanicus
Endangered
At very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.
The banteng is a wild bovid of South-East Asia and the ancestor of Bali domestic cattle. It shows a striking dimorphism: the males are black or dark chestnut and the females and young an intense reddish colour, and all of them share white stockings on the legs and a white patch on the rump. It lives in herds in open forest with clearings. Hunting, habitat loss and hybridisation with domestic cattle have reduced its population by more than 80% in three generations.
Weight
400 kg – 900 kg
Size
1.9 m – 2.3 m
Life expectancy
20 years
