Banteng
Bos javanicus / Banteng
- Habitat
- sparse forests, gallery forests
- Continent
- Asia
- Food
- Grasses, but also foliage and fruits
- Gestation/breeding period
- 280 days
- Mode of life
- Small herds of up to 12 animals, bulls often solitary outside mating season
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Artiodactyla
Key facts
~ 1.60 m
size
~ 800 kg
weight
~ 25 years
age
How endangered are Bantengs?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
- Vulnerable
-
Endangered Endangered - Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
Domesticated bantengs have been brought by humans to many other islands in Indonesia.
Banteng on the zoo tour
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