banteng

American  

[ban-teng] / ˈbæn tɛŋ /

Also banting

noun

plural

bantengs,

plural

banting

1. a wild ox, Bos banteng (javanicus ), of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, resembling the domestic cow: now greatly reduced in number.

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Etymology

Origin of banteng

< Indonesian Malay banténg < Javanese banṭéng

Example Sentences

Three other species have been cloned for conservation: a Przewalski’s horse named Kurt, and two types of Southeast Asian cattle under threat, the gaur and the banteng.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 11, 2022

That drawing depicts a four-legged animal that Dr. Aubert suspected was a species of wild cattle called a banteng.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2018

Combining the evidence from this stencil and the banteng image, it’s possible that people started making art in the Borneo caves sometime between 52,000 years ago and 40,000 years ago.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2018

Zoos treat cloned males, which can pass along only nuclear DNA to future generations, as valuable “bridges” of pure banteng DNA to the banteng gene pool.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2014

Muller, S., on the banteng; on the colours of Semnopithecus chrysomelas.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles