Banteng vs Yak
The banteng is heavier: 625 kg against 416.5 kg for the yak, about 50% more.
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What is the difference between a banteng and a yak?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The banteng is heavier: 625 kg against 416.5 kg for the yak, about 50% more.
- The banteng is longer-lived: 27 years against 25 years for the yak, about 8% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Bos, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Banteng | Yak | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Bos javanicus | Bos grunniens |
| Family | Bovidae | Bovidae |
| Order | Artiodactyla | Artiodactyla |
| Weight | 625 kg – 683.3 kg | 350 kg – 1 t |
| Length | 1.9 m – 3.68 m | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 27 years | 25 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Critically Endangered | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | 1 | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.