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Taxonomy
Bubalus was named by Hamilton-Smith (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Bovidae by Lydekker (1878) and Carroll (1988); to Bubalina by Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Croft et al. (2006); to Bovinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Bovini by Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).
It was assigned to Bovidae by Lydekker (1878) and Carroll (1988); to Bubalina by Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Croft et al. (2006); to Bovinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Bovini by Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).
Species
B. (Anoa), B. (Bubalus), B. brevicornis, B. bubalis (syn. Bos arnee), B. cebuensis, B. depressicornis, B. guzhensis, B. mephistopheles, B. mindorensis, B. murrensis, B. palaeindicus, B. palaeokerabau, B. platyceros (syn. B. sivalensis), B. quarlesi, B. teilhardi, B. tingi, B. triangulatus, B. wansijocki, B. youngi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Bubalus Hamilton-Smith |
| 1878 | Bubalus Lydekker |
| 1988 | Bubalus Carroll |
| 1999 | Bubalus Hassanin and Douzery p. 899 |
| 2001 | Bubalus Grubb p. 375 |
| 2006 | Bubalus Croft et al. p. 1039 |
| 2008 | Bubalus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Bubalus Gentry p. 755 |
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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.
G. Bubalus Hamilton-Smith 1827 [water buffalo]
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Subg. †Bubalus (Bubalus) Hamilton-Smith 1827
†Bubalus brevicornis Young 1936
†Bubalus cebuensis Croft et al. 2006
Bubalus depressicornis Smith 1827 [lowland anoa]
†Bubalus guzhensis Liu Jialong & Zhen Shuonan 1981
†Bubalus mephistopheles Hopwood 1925
Bubalus mindorensis Heude 1888
Bubalus murrensis Berckhemer 1927
†Bubalus palaeindicus Falconer 1868
†Bubalus palaeokerabau Dubois 1908
Bubalus quarlesi Ouwens 1910
†Bubalus teilhardi Young 1932
†Bubalus tingi Bohlin 1938
†Bubalus triangulatus Liu Jialong 1981
†Bubalus wansijocki Boule and Chardin 1928
†Bubalus youngi Chow and Hsu 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (38 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene | India | Bubalus sp. (39209) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia (Sulawesi) | Anoa sp. (93626) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | India (Punjab) | Bubalus platyceros (236045) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Bubalus palaeindicus (232190) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Bubalus sp. (36819) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | Bubalus palaeokerabau (93522) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | India (Himchal Pradesh) | Bubalus sp. (236041) | |
| Pleistocene | Indonesia (Sualwesi) | Anoa sp. (93638) | |
| Pleistocene | Indonesia (Sulawesi) | Anoa depressicornis (93697) Anoa sp. (93637) | |
| Pleistocene | China (Yunnan) | Bubalus sp. (36587) | |
| Pleistocene | Philippines (Luzon) | Bubalus indet. (40273) | |
| Pleistocene | Indonesia (Java) | Bubalus palaeokerabau (213296) | |
| Pleistocene | Philippines | Bubalus sp. (94610) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Philippines (Cebu) | Bubalus cebuensis (93738) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | Bubalus arnee (143885) Giraffidae indet. (144185) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Vietnam (Lang Son) | Bubalus bubalis (92781) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Bubalus sp. (40341 120834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Indonesia (Jawa Timur) | Bubalus palaeokerabau (93521) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Hubei) | Bubalus sp. (234753) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Indonesia (Sulawesi) | Anoa sp. (93636) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Thailand (Chaiyaphum) | Bubalus bubalis (237787) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Laos (Hua Pan) | Bubalus bubalis (235746) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Bubalus bubalus (13293) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Anhui) | Bubalus sp. (36868) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Bubalus bubalis (92787) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Taiwan | Bubalus teilhardi, Bubalus youngi (73686) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Thessalia) | Bubalus arnee (204397) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Bubalus sp. (34679) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Thailand (Chaiyaphum) | Bubalus sp. (237788) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Bubalus sp. (36729 36730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Bubalus wansjocki (35928) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia | Bubalus bubalus (93524) Bubalus palaeokerabau (93523) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | India (West Bengal) | Bubalus palaeindicus (13456) |