Bos palaesondaicus | |
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Bos palaesondaicus skull at Naturalis. | |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Artiodactyla |
Family | Bovidae |
Genus | Bos |
Species | †Bos palaesondaicus |
Conservation Status | |
Extinct |
Bos palaesondaicus occurred on Pleistocene Java (Indonesia) and belongs to the Bovinae subfamily. It has been described by the Dutch paleoanthropologist Eugène Dubois in 1908. The holotype of Bos palaesondaicus is a skull from Trinil. This species is the likely ancestor to the Banteng (Bos javanicus).