Banteng
A wild ox of Southeast Asia whose domestic form is Bali cattle.
Also: Bos javanicus, Bali cattle, tembadau
The banteng is a wild ox of the forests and grasslands of Southeast Asia, from Myanmar and Thailand to Java and Borneo. Bulls are dark, almost black, cows and young are chestnut, and both have white stockings and a white patch on the rump. Banteng were domesticated, probably on Java or Bali, to give Bali cattle, which keep the wild colouring and are kept across Indonesia for meat and draught work. Bali cattle are fertile and thrive on poor grazing in hot conditions. A small herd taken to the Cobourg Peninsula in northern Australia in 1849 went feral, and the wild banteng there now form one of the largest populations anywhere.