- Bubalus cebuensis
Taxobox
name = "Bubalus cebuensis"
fossil_range =Pleistocene -Holocene
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo =Artiodactyla
familia =Bovidae
subfamilia =Bovinae
genus = "Bubalus "
species = "B. cebuensis"
binomial = "Bubalus cebuensis"
binomial_authority = Croft et al., 2006"Bubalus cebuensis" is a fossil
dwarf buffalo discovered in thePhilippines , and first described in 2006.Anatomy and morphology
The most distinctive feature of "B. cebuensis" was its small size. Large contemporary domestic water buffalo stand six feet at the shoulder and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds, "B. cebuensis" would have stood only two-and-one-half feet and weighed about 350 pounds, smaller than another dwarf species "B. mindorensis".Croft, D.A. L. R. Heaney, J. J. Flynn, and A. P. Bautista. 2006. FOSSIL REMAINS OF A NEW, DIMINUTIVE "BUBALUS" (ARTIODACTYLA: BOVIDAE: BOVINI) FROM CEBU ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. "Journal of Mammalology" 87:1037–1051 ]
The fossil specimen is likely Pleistocene or Holocene in age.
Evolutionary history
The fossil was discovered in a horizontal tunnel in soft
karst at approximately 50 m elevation in K-Hill near Balamban,Cebu Island ,Philippines by mining engineer Michael Armas. [ [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/fm-ndb100606.php New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines] , EurekAlert, October 17, 2006] The fossil was donated to America'sField Museum where it stayed un-analysed for almost 50 years.ee also
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External links
* [http://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_Dwarf_Buffalo_Discovered_By_Chance_In_The_Philippines_999.html]
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