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Java Banteng

According Legakul and McNeely (1977) states that the taxonomy of bison can be classified as follows:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: mammals
Super Order: Eutheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Bos
Species: Bos javanicus
Bull has a well-built body, big and strong with the front shoulder higher than the back of his body. There are a pair of horns on his head. In a male bull horns, black glossy, pointed and curved into the mid-anterior direction, while the female bull horns form smaller. On his chest there bagioan gelambir starting from the base of the foot until the neck is still not reaching the esophagus (Hoogerwerf, 1970). According to Hoogerwerf (1970) bull has a sense of smell and hearing are very sharp compared to the vision. Legakul and McNeely (1977) states that the bull is not so sharp vision so the ability to distinguish main enemies depends on the ability of smell and hearing. Therefore, the wind direction is very important for the bull to study the environmental conditions. Bull's body color varies and can be used to distinguish the sexes (Legakul and McNeely, 1977). Bull male has a black body color, the older age of the black color of the body. Bull female has a body color reddish brown, the older the age, the body will be the darker color (dark brown). In young bull that male and female both have the same body color is brown, making it difficult to distinguish gender. But the child's body color of both male and female bull lighter body color than the body of an adult female bison. Hoogerwerf (1970) stated also that the bull's body varies according to location. Bull that was in the area of ​​West Java are generally black in color more than the bull that was in the area of ​​East Java that is more brown in color. This is probably caused by habitat and climatic conditions.




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