By tetrapodzoology on April 15, 2009.
Cattle are another of those groups of animals that, while they re familiar and while we take them for granted, are really pretty incredible. The size, power and awesome appearance of many wild cattle never fails to amaze me. Markus Bühler (of Bestiarium) has been good enough to share these photos he took of Banteng
Bos javanicus and Gaur
B. gaurus at Berlin Zoo.
These are Banteng, also known as Tsaine or Tembadau, a wild cattle of southeast Asia, Borneo and Java: the sexual dimorphism is obvious, as is the distinctive white rump patch and stockings . Three subspecies are recognised, of which the mainland form (