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Bubalus (water buffalo)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Bubalus Hamilton-Smith
1878Bubalus Lydekker
1988Bubalus Carroll
1999Bubalus Hassanin and Douzery p. 899
2001Bubalus Grubb p. 375
2006Bubalus Croft et al. p. 1039
2008Bubalus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5
2010Bubalus Gentry p. 755

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
subtribeBubalinaPligrim 1939
genusBubalusHamilton-Smith 1827

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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Anoa quarlesi Ouwens 1910
Subg. †Bubalus (Bubalus) Hamilton-Smith 1827
Bubalus brevicornis Young 1936
Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Bos arnee Kerr 1792 [synonym]
Bubalus cebuensis Croft et al. 2006
Bubalus depressicornis Smith 1827 [lowland anoa]
Bubalus guzhensis Liu Jialong & Zhen Shuonan 1981
Bubalus mephistopheles Hopwood 1925
Bubalus murrensis Berckhemer 1927
Bubalus palaeindicus Falconer 1868
Bubalus palaeokerabau Dubois 1908
Bubalus platyceros Lydekker 1877
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Invalid names: Bubalus sivalensis Rutimeyer 1878 [synonym]
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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, 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

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India Bubalus sp. (39209 39210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (Sulawesi) Anoa sp. (93626)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117India (Madhya Pradesh) Bubalus palaeindicus (232190)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hunan) Bubalus sp. (36819)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Bubalus palaeokerabau (93522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (Sualwesi) Anoa sp. (93638)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (Java) Bubalus palaeokerabau (213296)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) Bubalus sp. (36587)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Luzon) Bubalus indet. (40273)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines Bubalus sp. (94610)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (Sulawesi) Anoa depressicornis (93697) Anoa sp. (93637)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Philippines (Cebu) Bubalus cebuensis (93738)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Indonesia (Jawa Timur) Bubalus palaeokerabau (93521)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Vietnam (Lang Son) Bubalus bubalis (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Bubalus arnee (143885) Giraffidae indet. (144185)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126China (Guangdong) Bubalus sp. (40341 120834)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Indonesia (Sulawesi) Anoa sp. (93636)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117China (Anhui) Bubalus sp. (36868)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Bubalus bubalus (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117China (Hunan) Bubalus sp. (36729 36730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Bubalus bubalis (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greece (Thessalia) Bubalus arnee (204397)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117China (Sichuan) Bubalus sp. (34679)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117China (Nei Mongol) Bubalus wansjocki (35928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Taiwan Bubalus teilhardi, Bubalus youngi (73686)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Indonesia Bubalus bubalus (93524) Bubalus palaeokerabau (93523)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Bubalus palaeindicus (13456)