Bos javanicus javanicus

(d’Alton, 1823)

Vernacular names
English : Javan banteng
French : Banteng de Java

Classification
Class : Mammalia
Order : Cetartiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Notes : 2 other subspecies known.

Identification
Up to 225 cm body length, shoulder height of 160 cm, weight up to 800 kg. Curved horns, small back hump. Female is beige-brown. Both sexes show white legs and rump. Males of this subspecies are dark brown to black.

Range and habitat
This subspecies is endemic to Java, Indonesia. The species also occurs on Borneo and from Myanmar to south Vietnam (scattered populations). Lives in open dry forests, dry and humid grasslands, in lowlands up to 2100 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
CITES : Not listed
Status : The species only occurs in small isolated populations. All subspecies have recently been uplisted to Critically Endangered because of habitat loss, hunting and hybridization with domestic cattle. The species occurs mostly in protected areas now.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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