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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Banteng

Bos javanicus d'Alton, 1823

Банте́нг (Bos javanicus) — дикий представник роду справжніх биків, поширений в Індокитаї, на півострові Малакка, на островах Калімантан, Суматра, Ява, Балі. Тіло без хвоста завдовжки 2 м, у холці заввишки 1,5 м. Живе в лісах, живиться переважно пагонами дерев і чагарників. Свійські форми, що походять від бантенга, відомі під назвою балійської худоби.

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Also called
Bos javanicus, Tembadau
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
683 kg
Body length
2.16 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
27 years
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Everything we know about the Banteng

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
683 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 700 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
2.16 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
27 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 27 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
8.99 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
2.2 years
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Gestation
296 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 295 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
0.75 per km²
COMBINE
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
683 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Banteng yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusBos
  7. ›speciesBos javanicus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. familyBovidae
  4. subfamilyBovinae
All 15 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyBovinae
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Closest relative on this site
🐂 Aurochs — last shared an ancestor ≈ 1.5 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Banteng (de), 爪哇野牛 (zh), Banteng azjatycki (pl), Banteng (fr), בנטנג (he), 반텡 (ko) … and 23 more languages
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