How many baby Bantengs are in a litter?
A Banteng (Bos javanicus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 1 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 296 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 23.04 kg (50.79 lbs) and measure 5.2 cm (0′ 3″). They are a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Bos). An adult Banteng grows up to a size of 2.08 meter (6′ 10″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The banteng (Bos javanicus; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of cattle found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between 1.9 and 2.25 m (6.2 and 7.4 ft). Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherwise similar in appearance. The banteng shows extensive sexual dimorphism; adult bulls are generally dark brown to black, larger and more sturdily built than adult cows, that are thinner and usually pale brown or chestnut red. There is a big white patch on the rump. Horns are present on both sexes, and are typically 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) long. Three subspecies are generally recognised.Banteng are active during the day as well as at night, though activity at night is more in areas frequented by humans. Herds comprise two to 40 individuals, and generally a single bull. Herbivores, banteng feed on vegetation such as grasses, sedges, shoots, leaves, flowers and fruits. Banteng can survive without water for long during droughts, but drink regularly if possible, especially from standing water. Not much is known about the reproductive physiology of banteng, but it might be similar to that observed in taurine cattle. After a gestation of nearly 285 days (nine to ten months), a week longer than that typically observed in taurine cattle, a single calf is born. Banteng occur in a variety of habitats throughout their range, including open deciduous forests, semi-evergreen forests, lower montane forests, abandoned farms and grasslands. The largest populations of wild banteng occur in Cambodia, Java and possibly in Borneo (particularly Sabah) and Thailand. Domesticated banteng occur in Bali and many eastern Indonesian islands (such as Sulawesi, Sumbawa, and Sumba), Australia, Malaysia and New Guinea. Feral populations are found in East Kalimantan and the Northern Territory (Australia). Domesticated populations are primarily used for their highly demanded meat, and are used as draught animals to a lesser extent. The wild banteng is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, and populations have decreased by more than 50% in the past few decades. Rampant poaching (for food, game, traditional medicine and horns), habitat loss and fragmentation and susceptibility to disease are major threats throughout the range. Banteng are legally protected in all countries in their range, and are largely restricted to protected areas (possibly barring Cambodia).
Other animals of the family Bovidae
Banteng is a member of the Bovidae, as are these animals:
- Pyrenean chamois weighting around 30 kilograms (66.14 lbs)
- Saola weighting around 97.84 kilograms (215.7 lbs)
- Impala with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Red gazelle weighting around 40 kilograms (88.18 lbs)
- Maxwell’s duiker with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Puku with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Abbott’s duiker becoming 5.42 years old
- East Caucasian tur with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Rhim gazelle with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Scimitar oryx with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Banteng
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Rio Beni titi
- Schreber’s yellow bat
- Michoacan deer mouse
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat
- Sea otter
- Diadem leaf-nosed bat
- Southern marsupial mole
- Large mosaic-tailed rat
- Herbert River ringtail possum
- Eastern rock elephant shrew
Animals that get as old as a Banteng
Other animals that usually reach the age of 26.5 years:
- Vicuña with 24.75 years
- Sun bear with 24.75 years
- Crested mona monkey with 24.08 years
- Eastern gray squirrel with 24 years
- Siberian ibex with 22.25 years
- Mountain zebra with 24 years
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with 23 years
- Leopard with 23 years
- Mongoose lemur with 30 years
- Tamaraw with 28 years
Animals with the same weight as a Banteng
What other animals weight around 631.49 kg (1392.19 lbs)?
- Moose usually reaching 541.46 kgs (1193.71 lbs)
- American bison usually reaching 622.29 kgs (1371.91 lbs)
- African buffalo usually reaching 592.83 kgs (1306.96 lbs)
- European bison usually reaching 674.44 kgs (1486.88 lbs)
- Cattle usually reaching 615.82 kgs (1357.65 lbs)
- Giant eland usually reaching 644.51 kgs (1420.9 lbs)
- Short-finned pilot whale usually reaching 726 kgs (1600.55 lbs)
- Common eland usually reaching 561.8 kgs (1238.56 lbs)
- Bactrian camel usually reaching 550.76 kgs (1214.22 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Banteng
Also reaching around 2.08 meter (6′ 10″) in size do these animals:
- California sea lion gets as big as 2.02 meter (6′ 8″)
- Pacific white-sided dolphin gets as big as 2.21 meter (7′ 3″)
- South American sea lion gets as big as 2.11 meter (7′ 0″)
- New Zealand sea lion gets as big as 2.02 meter (6′ 8″)
- Blue wildebeest gets as big as 2.01 meter (6′ 8″)
- Spinner dolphin gets as big as 2.13 meter (7′ 0″)
- Kouprey gets as big as 2.18 meter (7′ 2″)
- Pantropical spotted dolphin gets as big as 2.14 meter (7′ 1″)
- Dwarf sperm whale gets as big as 2.16 meter (7′ 1″)
- Amazon river dolphin gets as big as 2.12 meter (7′ 0″)