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Banteng
Bos javanicus |
 Appearance
The banteng is blue-black, with
white stockings and rump, and is quite cow-like in
its appearance; females and young are a bright reddish-brown.
Bulls may reach 1.5 m (5 ft) at the shoulder, and
they have a hairless shield on the crown between the
horns. Body: 2 m (6 1/2 ft), tail: 85 cm (33 1/2 in) |
Description
Wary and shy, bantengs are found
in thickly forested areas where there are glades and
clearings in which they can graze during the night.
In the monsoon season, they move up the mountains
and browse on bamboo shoots. Gregarious animals, bantengs
live in herds of 10 to 30 animals, although occasionally
large bulls may become solitary. |
Regions
Bali, Burma to Java, Borneo
in forested, hilly country to 2,000 m (6,600 ft),
feeding in small group, around 10-15 ea. From evening
upto morning, sleep in daytime, in evergreen forest,
not wild animal, head by female. |
Diet
Grass, bamboo leaves and shoots
and certain fruits, |
Breeding
They mate during the dry season,
and females produce 1 or 2 calves after a gestation
of 9 1/2 to 10 months. Small populations of two sub-species
are known: B.J. biarmicus in Burma, Thailand and parts
of Indo-China; and B.J. Lowi in Borneo. |
 Status
Wildlife Protection of Thailand,
Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act 1992 |
Conservation Status
ENDANGERED A1 cd + 2cd,C1+2a
(See explanation to IUCN
Red List Categories) |
Major Threats
1.1 - Agriculture; 1.1.6 - Timber
plantations; 1.3.2 - Human settlement; 2.1 - Hunting
and collecting; 2.2.2 - Illegal; 3.2.1 - Competitors;
3.3.3 - Hybridizers; 3.3.4 - Pathogens/parasites |
Major Habitat
Lowland tropical rainforest;
Tropical degraded forest; Tropical monsoon and dry
forest; Tropical savannah woodland (with grass dominated
understorey) |
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