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Bubalus bubalis

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Bos bubalis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Bubalus (Bubalus) bubalis by Croft et al. (2006); it was recombined as Bubalus bubalis by Allen (1895), Thomas (1911), Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. arnee

Synonyms
  • Bos arnee was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Bubalus bubalis by Allen (1895).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Bos bubalis Linnaeus p. 72
1792Bos arnee Kerr
1895Bubalus bubalis Allen p. 191
1911Bubalus bubalis Thomas p. 154
1999Bubalus bubalis Hassanin and Douzery p. 899
2006Bubalus (Bubalus) bubalis Croft et al. p. 1039
2008Bubalus bubalis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5
2010Bubalus bubalis Gentry p. 755

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
subtribeBubalinaPligrim 1939
genusBubalusHamilton-Smith 1827
speciesbubalis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Bos arnee Kerr 1792 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sri Lanka Bubalus bubalis (238030)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India Bubalus bubalis (237975 237976 237977 238021)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Bubalus bubalis (237787)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Bubalus bubalis (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Laos (Hua Pan) Bubalus bubalis (235746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Bubalus bubalis (92787)