Bos javanicus, d'Alton, 1823

Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3), pp. 147-197 : 188

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13930875
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scientific name	Bos javanicus
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325. Bos javanicus View in CoL d ’ Alton, 1823

Common name: Banteng

Myanmar name:

Distribution: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. In Myanmar, recorded in Sagaing Region (Alaungdawkathapa NP and Proposed Mahamyaing WS), Bago Region (North Zamari WS; Hein et al. 2020), and Tanintharyi Region (Tanintharyi Nature Reserve and Proposed Lenya NP; Grindley 2019).

Remarks: There are three subspecies; B. j. birmanicus is regarded as Myanmar subspecies. This is an endangered and completely protected species of Myanmar.

References

Grindley, M. (Ed.) (2019) Terrestrial biodiversity of southern Tanintharyi: 2013 - 2018 survey results and conservation recommendations. In: Tanintharyi conservation programme, joint initiative of Fauna & Flora International. The Myanmar Forest Department and Department of Fisheries.

Hein, Z. M., Williams, A. C., Soe, P., Cox, N. J., Htun, N. Z., Oo, T. N., Aye, Y. Y., Htun, Y. L., and Yoganand, K. (2020). Status of two species of threatened wild cattle (Bos gaurus and Bos javanicus birmanicus) in North Zamari Wildlife Sanctuary, Bago Region, Myanmar. Bulletin 5: 18 - 26.