Bubalus
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| Bubalus | |
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| Bubalus bubalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bubalus C.H. Smith, 1827 |
| Species | |
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Bubalus bubalis |
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Bubalus is a genus of bovines, whose English name is buffalo. Species that belong to this genus are:
- Subgenus Bubalus
- Water Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis
- Carabao, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis
- Water buffalo Bubalus bubalis bubalis
- Wild Asian Water Buffalo, Bubalus arnee
- Cebu dwarf buffalo Bubalus cebuensis †
- Short-horned Water Buffalo, Bubalus mephistopheles †
- Tamaraw, Bubalus mindorensis
- European water buffalo, Bubalus murrensis †
- Water Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis
- Subgenus Anoa
- Lowland Anoa, Bubalus depressicornis
- Mountain Anoa, Bubalus quarlesi
Some zoologists split the Water Buffalo into two or three species, the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo, the Philippines Carabao and the Wild Asian Water Buffalo, a rare endangered species which is the domestic buffalo's ancestor.
[edit] Dwarf Buffalo
The Tamaraw, Anoa and extinct Bubalus cebuensis are all island dwarf species of Bubalus.
[edit] See also
| Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Buffalo (animal). |