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SPECIES Bos javanicus
Author: | d'Alton, 1823. | Citation: | Die Skelete der Wiederkauer, abgebildt und verglichen: 7. | Common Name: | Banteng | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Java. | Distribution: | Borneo, Burma, Cambodia, China (S Yunnan), Java, Laos, Malaysia (N peninsular Malaya), Thailand, and Vietnam; introduced to Australia, Bali Isl, Sangihe, and Enggano Isls; domesticated in SE Asia. | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | Comments: | For use of javanicus instead of banteng, see Hooijer (1956). Synonymy from C. P. Groves (in litt.). Formerly placed in Bibos. |
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