That's because the 40 - pound male banteng is an animal like no other. (discovermagazine.com)
At sexual maturity, it will be able to mate with female bantengs in the zoo. (discovermagazine.com)
Paradoxically, the reason for the cloning was to increase genetic diversity among the dwindling pool of surviving bantengs, a species of large, wild oxen once common in the forests and jungles of Southeast Asia. (discovermagazine.com)