Thread: Banteng spotted in Kuiburi National Park after 10 years of disappearance

Banteng spotted in Kuiburi National Park after 10 years of disappearance
Panita Norasing



BANGKOK, 2 July 2010 (NNT) – Kuiburi National Park Officials reported of a banteng spotted among a herd of guars (Bos guarus) in the Kuiburi National Park located in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province after 10 years disappearance from the site.

“Banteng” in scientific name “Bos javanicus”, also known as Tembadua is a species of wild cattle found in South East Asia. It is one of the protected species in Thailand and is in endangered group. Such a discovery of a banteng in the National Park therefore indicates the fertility of the forest.

Kuiburi National Park Head Bunlue Poonnin cited that 200 rai pineapple plantations within the Park has been restored into a grassland in response to His Majesty the King’s initiative , with 13 ponds dug as the main food source of wild animals such as elephants, gaurs and bantengs.

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