Bali cattle

Bali cattle
Domesticated
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bos
Species:
B. domesticus
Binomial name
Bos domesticus
Wilckens, 1905
Synonyms
  • Bos javanicus domesticus
  • Bibos javanicus domesticus

The Bali cattle (Bos domesticus), also known as Balinese cattle, Bali banteng, Indonesian cattle, or most generally, the domestic banteng[1] are a domesticated species of bovine which originated from the banteng (Bos javanicus). Bali cattle are an important source of meat and are used for plowing. They are thought to have originated in Bali.

  1. ^ Menkhorst, Peter (18 March 2011). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195573954.