Bubalus
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Bubalus is a genus of bovines, whose English name is buffalo. Species that belong to this genus are:
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.
- Subgenus Bubalus
- Water BuffaloWater BuffaloThe water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo is a large bovine animal, frequently used as livestock in southern Asia, and also widely in South America, southern Europe, northern Africa, and elsewhere....
, Bubalus bubalis- CarabaoCarabaoThe carabao or Bubalus bubalis carabanesis is a subspecies of the domesticated water buffalo found in the Philippines, Guam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and various parts of Southeast Asia...
, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis - Water buffaloWater buffaloThe water buffalo is a domesticated bovid widely kept in Asia, Europe and South America.Water buffalo can also refer to:*Wild water buffalo , the wild ancestor of the domestic water buffalo...
Bubalus bubalis bubalis
- Carabao
- Wild Asian Water BuffaloWild Asian Water BuffaloThe wild water buffalo also called Asian buffalo and Asiatic buffalo is a large bovine native to Southeast Asia...
, Bubalus arnee - Cebu Dwarf buffaloBubalus cebuensisThe Cebu tamaraw is a fossil dwarf buffalo discovered in the Philippines, and first described in 2006.-Anatomy and morphology:...
Bubalus cebuensis † - Short-horned Water Buffalo, Bubalus mephistopheles †
- TamarawTamarawThe Tamaraw or Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo is a small, hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, to have once also thrived on the greater island of Luzon...
, Bubalus mindorensis - European Water Buffalo, Bubalus murrensis †
- Water Buffalo
- Subgenus AnoaAnoaAnoa, also known as Dwarf Buffalo and Sapiutan, are a subgenus of Bubalus comprising two species native to Indonesia: the Mountain Anoa and the Lowland Anoa . Both live in undisturbed rainforest, and are essentially miniature water buffalo...
- 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
Wild Asian Water Buffalo
The wild water buffalo also called Asian buffalo and Asiatic buffalo is a large bovine native to Southeast Asia...
, a rare endangered species
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...
which is the domestic buffalo's ancestor.