Bos javanicus

d'Alton, 1823

Banteng

Family group, lying down. Probably domestic Bali Cattle, Bos javanicus domesticus.
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Location:Germany, Bavaria, Munich, Hellabrunn ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1968

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 314

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Bovoidea
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Tribe : Bovini
Genus : Bos
Subgenus : Bibos

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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

Other common names

Bali Cattle · Tembadau · Domestic Banteng

Type material

RMNH.MAM.33659

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33659

Type locality

Indonesia, Java.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Myanmar · China? · Laos? · Vietnam · Thailand · Cambodia · Indonesia · Malaysia

Taxonomy 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

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006263

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 35 names and synonyms.

Bos Javanicus

d'Alton, 1823

Family

Bovidae

Root name

javanicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33659

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33659

Authority page

pl. 8 legend

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40170414

Authority publication

Bonn

Name usages

  1. Davis (1962:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Grubb (1993:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  6. Groves (2003:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48602935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9601)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  10. Groves & Grubb (2011:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  11. Jackson & Groves (2015:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  12. Jackson & Groves (2015:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2888/46362970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bos leucoprymnus

Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leucoprymnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064196

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Quoy & Gaimard (1830:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67825)
  2. Lesson (1842:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Bos banteng

Temminck, 1836

Family

Bovidae

Root name

banteng

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51389730

Authority publication

Leiden

Bos Sondaicus

S. Müller in Temminck, 1840

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sondaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103228

Authority publication

Leiden

Bos Bentinger

E. Blyth, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bentinger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000180

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Bos Sondaicus

E. Blyth, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sondaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000180

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos Bentiger

Roulin, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bentiger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

619

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57476574

Authority publication

Paris

Bos sondaicus

Schlegel & S. Müller in Temminck, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sondaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51851220

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Blyth (1862:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37181616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68511)
  3. Rütimeyer (1865:342, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32284318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44037)
  4. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Sclater (1872:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  6. Blyth (1875:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  7. Lydekker (1898:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9369982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  8. Ward (1910:447, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  9. Pocock (1911:934, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)
  10. Lyon (1911:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  11. Chasen (1940:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  12. Groves & Grubb (2011:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Bos Banteng

J. A. Wagner, 1844

Family

Bovidae

Root name

banteng

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059332

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1861:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  2. Lydekker (1913:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  3. Gyldenstolpe (1916:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
  4. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Bos bantinger

Schlegel & S. Müller in Temminck, 1845

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bantinger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51851197

Authority publication

Leiden

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