Bubalus cebuensis Croft et al. 2006 (water buffalo)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: D. A. Croft, L. R. Heaney, J. J. Flynn and A. P. Bautista. 2006. Fossil remains of a new, diminutive Bubalus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae: Bovini) form Cebu Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 87(5):1037-1051

Belongs to Bubalus according to D. A. Croft et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Bubalus (Anoa), Bubalus (Bubalus), Bubalus brevicornis, Bubalus bubalis, 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

Type specimen: PNM 2006-A, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is K-Hill, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene terrestrial marl in the Philippines.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at K-Hill

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