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Bos javanicus d'Alton, 1823

Banteng

Authority citation: d'Alton, J.W.E. 1823. Die Skelette der Wiederkäuer, abgebildet und verglichen. Eduard Weber, Bonn, 10 pp.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40170414

Original name as described: Bos Javanicus

Nominal names: javanicus d'Alton, 1823 | leucoprymnus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 | banteng Temminck, 1836 [nomen nudum] | sondaicus S. Müller in Temminck, 1840 [nomen nudum] | bentiger Roulin, 1842 | bentinger E. Blyth, 1842 [nomen nudum] | sondaicus Schlegel & S. Müller in Temminck, 1842 | sondaicus E. Blyth, 1842 [nomen nudum] | banteng J. A. Wagner, 1844 | bantinger Schlegel & S. Müller in Temminck, 1845 [not used as valid] | banting Sundevall, 1846 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | seligniceros (A. B. Meyer, 1879) [nomen nudum] | seleniceros (K. M. Heller, 1890) | birmanicus Lydekker, 1898 | typicus Lydekker, 1898 [nomen novum] | discolor (Heude, 1901) | longicornis (Heude, 1901) | domesticus Duerst, 1905 [nomen nudum] | porteri Lydekker, 1909 | lowi Lydekker, 1912 | domesticus (Gans, 1915) [preoccupied] | bantiger Grubb, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]

Other common names: Bali Cattle|Tembadau|Domestic Banteng


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Artiodactyla -- Family: Bovidae -- Subfamily: Bovinae -- Tribe: Bovini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: RMNH.MAM.33659

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Myanmar (MMR) | China? | Laos? | Vietnam (VNM) | Thailand (THA) | Cambodia (KHM) | Indonesia (IDN) | Malaysia (MYS)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Endangered


Species-specific notes: the domestic form is occasionally known under the name domesticus, but this form is not generally recognized at the species level and is included under B. javanicus here
Citation: Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006263

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