TSINE, or BANTING 
(Bos sondaicus birmanictts) 
This is the characteristic wild ox of the Malay region. It is found 
through Burma down over the Malay Peninsula. It is replaced by other 
races on the islands of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. The species 
has little trace of the shoulder hump seen in other Asiatic oxen and 
carries no dewlap. It is said to be mute except for a snort of warning. 
The Banting is probably one of the progenitors of domestic cattle 
though no modern breed may be pointed to as a direct descendant. 
To the left of this group is a pair of Jungle Fowl, a species certainly 
the ancestral form of some, if not of all, of our domestic fowls. 
Group collected through the courtesy of Sir Harcourt Butler, G.C SI G C T F 
Animals by John W. Hope 
Background by A. A. Jansson 
