Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758 (water buffalo)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative combinations: Bos bubalis, Bubalus (Bubalus) bubalis

Synonym: Bos arnee Kerr 1792

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Bubalus according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 1999

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Allen 1895, Croft et al. 2006, Gentry 2010, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Bubalus (Anoa), Bubalus (Bubalus), Bubalus brevicornis, Bubalus cebuensis, Bubalus depressicornis, Bubalus guzhensis, Bubalus mephistopheles, Bubalus mindorensis, Bubalus murrensis, Bubalus palaeindicus, Bubalus palaeokerabau, Bubalus platyceros, Bubalus quarlesi, Bubalus teilhardi, Bubalus tingi, Bubalus triangulatus, Bubalus wansijocki, Bubalus youngi

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Laos (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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