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BANTIN, or BANTING

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 356 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BANTIN, or BANTING , the native name of the See also:wild ox of See also:Java, known to the See also:Malays as sapi-utan, and in See also:zoology as See also:Bos (Bibos) sondaicus. The See also:white patch on the rump distinguishes the bantin from its ally the See also:gaur (q.v.). Bulls of the typical bantin of Java and See also:Borneo are, when fully adult, completely See also:black except for the white rump and legs, but the cows and See also:young are rufous. In See also:Burma the See also:species is represented by the tsaine, or h'saine, in which the See also:colour of the adult bulls is rufous fawn. Tame bantin are bred in See also:Bali, near Java, and exported to See also:Singapore.

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