Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Subfamily Bovinae Scientific name Bubalus Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Family Bovidae Tribe Bovini Higher classification Bovinae | |
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Mass Water buffalo: 300 – 550 kg Height Water buffalo: 1.3 – 1.3 m Gestation period Water buffalo: 281 – 334 days Lower classifications Water buffalo, Wild water buffalo, Anoa, Carabao, Tamaraw | ||
Wild water buffalo bubalus arnee a massive powerful animal
Bubalus is a genus of bovines that was first described by Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827. This genus comprises the following living species:
Contents
- Wild water buffalo bubalus arnee a massive powerful animal
- Zgap clip award 2016 tamarau project bubalus mindorensis
- Characteristics
- Fossil species
- Valid names
- The specific epithet bubalus
- References
The nomenclature and classification of domestic animals as species, subspecies, races or breeds has been discussed controversially for many years and was inconsistent between authors. Assessors of the Food and Agriculture Organisation consider domestic water buffalo populations as breeds.
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Characteristics
Smith described Bubalus (from Greek βούβαλος, boúbalos) as low in proportion to the bulk with very solid limbs, a small dewlap and a long, slender tail; the head is large and the forehead narrow, very strong and convex; the eyes are large, and the ears mostly funnel-shaped; horns are lying flat or bending laterally with a certain direction to the rear; the female udder has four mammae. Lydekker added that the line of back is nearly straight with 13 pairs of ribs; the tail is tufted and reaching about to the hocks; the horns are more or less markedly triangular for the greater part of their length and situated low down on the skull; the muzzle is broad, and the hair sparse in adults.
Fossil species
The following extinct fossil species were described:
Valid names
The 2013 checklist of the Catalogue of Life lists as "accepted" five species binomina in the genus Bubalus:
Bubalus arnee is not listed.
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System lists the same five species binomina as valid; it also lists six sub-species of Bubalus bubalis:
The specific epithet bubalus
Species in a number of genera have bubalus as specific epithet. They include: