The Burmese Bantin, or Tsaine 



the case when the rump-patch is wanting, the general 

 distribution of colour is the same in adult bulls as in 

 full-grown cows, but the tint of the upper-parts may 

 be of almost any shade between dark reddish brown 

 and blackish brown. \ 



The typical bantin (^Bos sondaicus typicus) is an 

 inhabitant of Java, but an identical or nearly allied 



Fig. 8. — Freshly killed Heaii of Burmese Bantin, or Tsaine, from a specimen 

 shot by Mr. R. McD. Hawker. 



form is met with in Borneo, and probably Sumatra ; 

 the adult bulls of this typical race having the dark area 

 of the upper-parts blackish brown or even black, and 

 the forehead and face coloured like the back. Tame 

 bantin are bred in the island of Bali and exported to 

 Singapore for food. The Burmese and Malay bantins 

 form distinct races. 



In the tsaine, or Burmese bantin {Bos sondaicus hir- 

 'manicus), the general colour of the upper-parts in adult 



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