Bos javanicus lowi

(Lydekker, 1912)

Vernacular names

English : Bornean banteng
French : Banteng de Bornéo

Classification

Class : Mammalia
Order : Cetartiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Notes : 2 other subspecies known.

Identification

Up to 225 cm body length, shoulder height of 160 cm, weight up to 800 kg. Curved horns, small back hump. Female is beige-brown. Both sexes show white legs and rump. Males of this subspecies are brown with blackish back and neck.

Range and habitat

This subspecies is endemic to Borneo. The species also occurs on Java and from Myanmar to south Vietnam (scattered populations). Lives in open dry forests, dry and humid grasslands, in lowlands up to 2100 m.

Conservation

IUCN RED LIST : CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
CITES : Not listed
Status : The species only occurs in small isolated populations. All subspecies have recently been uplisted to Critically Endangered because of habitat loss, hunting and hybridization with domestic cattle. The species occurs mostly in protected areas now.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known