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The valid name of the banteng Bibos javanicus d'Alton.
Chapter 9 1983
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Body water content and water turnover of tropical Bos taurus, Bos indicus, Bibos banteng, and Bos bubalus bubalis.
Chapter 9 1983
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Le kouprey, Bos (Bibos) sauvelli, Urbain, 1937: discussion systematique et status actuel.
Chapter 9 1983
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Malays as sapi-utan, and in zoology as _Bos (Bibos) sondaicus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Horsfield's Catalogue, and described at some length under the name of _Bibos asseel_; but it appears that all this distinction was founded on the single skull of a female gaur, and is an instance of the proneness of naturalists to create new species on insufficient data.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Horsfield gives the following names under his _Bibos asseel_: _As'l Gayal_, Hindi; _Seloi_, Kuki;
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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He himself remarks that when the skin was removed it was evident that the animal was nearly related to _Gavaeus gaurus_, or, as he calls it, _Bibos cavifrons_.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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