banteng

American  

[ban-teng] / ˈbæn tɛŋ /

Also banting

noun

plural

bantengs,

plural

banting

1. a wild ox, Bos banteng (javanicus ), of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, resembling the domestic cow: now greatly reduced in number.

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Etymology

Origin of banteng

< Indonesian Malay banténg < Javanese banṭéng

Example Sentences

Three other species have been cloned for conservation: a Przewalski’s horse named Kurt, and two types of Southeast Asian cattle under threat, the gaur and the banteng.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 11, 2022

Combining the evidence from this stencil and the banteng image, it’s possible that people started making art in the Borneo caves sometime between 52,000 years ago and 40,000 years ago.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2018

Since the 40,000-year-old flowstone covers the banteng image, the artwork must be older than that — and thus the oldest known figurative art on the planet.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2018

Zoos treat cloned males, which can pass along only nuclear DNA to future generations, as valuable “bridges” of pure banteng DNA to the banteng gene pool.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2014

We saw plenty of the fine race of domestic cattle descended from the Bos banteng of Java, driven by half naked boys, or tethered in pasture-grounds.

From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel