Abstract
The skull samples of three types of Indonesian native cattle (Bali, Madura, and Aceh cattle) and the wild Banteng were collected and were measured for the morphometric comparison among these three cattle and between the Banteng and the Bali cattle. Both the multivariate and univariate analyses were made in this study. The characteristics of the skulls classified according to the populations were as follows: (1) Aceh cattle: the width and height of the skull were shorter than the length and the cerebral part of the skull was larger than the facial part. (2) Madura cattle: the characteristics were intermediate between the Aceh and Bali cattle. The degree of uniformity within the population was as low as that of the Aceh cattle. (3) Bali cattle: the characteristics resembled the Banteng rather than the Aceh and Madura cattle. However, the intercornual protuberance was absent in the skull of the Bali cattle, while it was observed either in the other native cattle and in the Banteng.