Bubalus

Bubalus
Bubalus bubalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	Bubalus C.H. Smith, 1827
Species
Bubalus bubalis Bubalus depressicornis Bubalus quarlesi Bubalus mindorensis Bubalus cebuensis

Bubalus is a genus of bovines, whose English name is buffalo. Species that belong to this genus are:

• Subgenus Bubalus
  • Water Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis
    • Carabao, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis
    • Water buffalo Bubalus bubalis bubalis
  • Wild Asian Water Buffalo, Bubalus arnee
  • Cebu Dwarf buffalo Bubalus cebuensis †
  • Short-horned Water Buffalo, Bubalus mephistopheles †
  • Tamaraw, Bubalus mindorensis
  • European Water Buffalo, Bubalus murrensis †
• Subgenus Anoa
  • Lowland Anoa, Bubalus depressicornis
  • Mountain Anoa, Bubalus quarlesi

Bubalus murrensis fossil

Some zoologists split the Water Buffalo into two or three species, the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo, the Philippines Carabao and the Wild Asian Water Buffalo, a rare endangered species which is the domestic buffalo's ancestor.

Dwarf Buffalo

The Tamaraw, Anoa and extinct Bubalus cebuensis are all island dwarf species of Bubalus.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Domestic Asian Water buffalo breeds