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Mammals of Eastern Asia 
sal ridge is less prominent, the limbs relatively long. The bases 
of the horns in old bulls are connected by a rough, horny, shield- 
like mass. In both sexes, except in the Malay race, a white rump 
patch is seen (absent in the Gaur). Old bulls become very black, 
Fig. 67. Banting, Bibos sondaicus. 
while cows and young bulls remain reddish or tawny, and lighter 
beneath. The lower parts of the limbs, as in the Gaur, are white. 
The young calves have a dark dorsal stripe. The typical Banting 
occurs on Java and a form exists on Borneo. There are several 
races on the mainland. Banting are sometimes domesticated. 
The Malay Banting, B. s. butleri, is at once distinguished 
from others by the obsolescence of the white rump patch, at 
least in cows. The horns of the cows are unusually short. The 
Siamese Banting, B. s. porteri, is reputed to have the skin 
flecked with white and the horns very heavily ridged at the base. 
