THE BANTENG OF JAVA. 



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THE BANTENG OF JAVA. 



Bos Bantinger, or Bantiger. Bos Sondaicus ? 



The above figure was drawn from a stuffed specimen in 

 the British Museum. In colour, shape, and texture of 

 horns, and apparent want of dewlap, it bears some re- 

 semblance to the Gaur ; but in the skeleton of the Gaur 

 the sacrum consists of five vertebrae, and the tail of nine- 

 teen ; while in the skeleton of the Banteng, the sacrum 

 consists of but/owr vertebrae, and the tail of eighteen. 



