. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE HORNED ANIMALS—DOMESTIC OXEN 479 white mark on the buttocks may be considered the most conspicuous distinctive feature; the lower half of the legs and the upper surface of the tips of the ears are also white. The Habitat, Range The Banteng is. a native of Java, and Habits of Borneo and the eastern portion of the Banteng. Sumatra; but it also inhabits por- tions of the Asiatic continent, namely, the Malay Peninsula, Tenasserim and Pegu, and probably also Burmah. It delights in damp or marshy woodland. In watery situations in gen
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE HORNED ANIMALS—DOMESTIC OXEN 479 white mark on the buttocks may be considered the most conspicuous distinctive feature; the lower half of the legs and the upper surface of the tips of the ears are also white. The Habitat, Range The Banteng is. a native of Java, and Habits of Borneo and the eastern portion of the Banteng. Sumatra; but it also inhabits por- tions of the Asiatic continent, namely, the Malay Peninsula, Tenasserim and Pegu, and probably also Burmah. It delights in damp or marshy woodland. In watery situations in general, low lying valleys traversed by slowly flowing rivers being more to its taste than any other kinds of forest country. The retiring yet courageous disposition of this wild Ox renders its pursuit both perilous and diffi- cult. It is true that it generally flees on perceiving an a,ppfoaching human be- ing, but if brought to bay arid wounded, it exhibits . little fear of the sportsman, |< not infrequently turning on him and using its pointed horns with ^eat skill and effect. Adult Bantengs cannot be tamed, but calves may become completely domes- ticated, as the temper of this animal., seems to be more tractable and respon- sive to kindness than that of any other "known spe- cies of wild Oxen. i DOMESTIC OXEN. M None of the Oxen that have so far been described have probably had any part, or at the most only a small one, in the produc- tion of our domestic Cattle. The darkness beclouding the origin of these ex- tremely useful creatures, _^ which have been subject to ^^^Ji Man from the earliest ages, '^'' does not seem so dense as that which conceals from view the history of the descent of other dornestic animals; yet a decision on the subject is no less diffi- cult in this case than in that of any of the others. Authorities nearly all agree that the origin of Oxen won to domesticity at nearly the same time in all three continents, of the Old World must be traced not to
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