Bantengs are herbivores. They feed upon shrubs, fruits, leaves, bamboo and grasses. Their diet changes seasonally with grass being more popular in the dry season and herbaceous plants being more popular in the monsoon.

Lifespan/Longevity Wild banteng have been known to live for up to twenty years, while the oldest one in captivity was still living at twenty-six years and seven months (D’Alton 1823, Jones 1993, Nowak 1999).

Endangered (Population decreasing)

The banteng look like domestic cattle, but are smaller and have white patches on their rump and lower legs. The Northern Territory (NT) has the largest population of banteng in the world on the Coburg Peninsula. Banteng have a huge impact on the NT environment. …

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, the Northern Territory in Australia, and possibly in Enggano and Sangihe in Indonesia.

The Banteng is a type of cattle indigenous to South East Asia but a small herd of them were released into the remote Cobourg Peninsula in the late 1840’s. Today they are endangered across most of their home range but the Australian population is large, healthy and stable.

Yet for all that, the banteng are cattle. They just happen to be cattle of the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, sharing their dark verdured habitat with tigers, elephants, and rhinos.

That is, a cow home is called a shed. Cow, sheep live in a pen. (Pen is the enclosed area surrounding a shed.) The shelter name of hen is coop.

Cows don’t like extreme heat in the summer or the wind during the winter. We keep them in barns to ensure they have the right temperature, so the wind stays off them, and the sun isn’t shining on their backs.

The answer is both! When cows had the choice, they spent about 46 per cent of the day indoors, especially on warmer days. They spent the majority of their time outside during the night between afternoon and morning milkings. Cows were most likely to prefer to be indoors on warm days (i.e. more than 20ºC).

As like humans, cattle will burn more energy when trying to stay warm requiring more food to maintain their condition. If we’re lucky with the weather, our cattle are housed inside during the months of November to March and so far this year – so good!

Cattle Indoors – During the winter months the cattle are brought from the fields and housed indoors, the cattle usually come inside in November and will remain inside until spring.

In most cases, the answer is no. Cows that are used to being outside generally prefer to be outside and will be healthy in cold temperatures as long as they are given adequate care, including good quality feed, water, and a dry location with shelter from the wind.

A cow’s udder can become infected with mastitis-causing bacteria due to contamination of milking equipment or bedding. Therefore cows that are housed for long periods of time are more likely to develop mastitis than those kept at pasture.