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



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
Wild Asian Water Buffalo

True Wild Asian Water Buffalo or Wild Asiatic Water Buffalo is an endangered species. It is thought to survive in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and Thailand....
, a rare endangered species which is the domestic buffalo's ancestor.








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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
        Carabao

        The carabao or Bubalus bubalis carabanesis is a domesticated subspecies of the Domestic buffalo found in the Philippines, Guam, and various parts of Southeast Asia....
        ,         Bubalus bubalis carabanesis
      • River buffalo Bubalus bubalis bubalis
      • Wild Asian Water Buffalo
        Wild Asian Water Buffalo

        True Wild Asian Water Buffalo or Wild Asiatic Water Buffalo is an endangered species. It is thought to survive in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and Thailand....
        ,         Bubalus (bubalis) arnee
    • Bubalus cebuensis
      Bubalus cebuensis

      Bubalus cebuensis is a fossil dwarf buffalo discovered in the Philippines, and first described in 2006....
       (extinct)
    • Short-horned Water Buffalo, Bubalus mephistopheles
    • Tamaraw
      Tamaraw

      The Tamaraw or Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo is a small hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is Endemism to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines and is the only endemic Philippine bovine....
      ,       Bubalus mindorensis
  • Subgenus Anoa
    • Lowland Anoa
      Anoa

      Anoa are a subgenus of Bubalus comprising two species native to Indonesia: the Mountain Anoa and the Lowland Anoa . Both live in undisturbed forest, and are essentially miniature Domestic buffalo, are similar in appearance to a deer, weighing 150–300 kg ...
      ,       Bubalus depressicornis
    • Mountain Anoa
      Anoa

      Anoa are a subgenus of Bubalus comprising two species native to Indonesia: the Mountain Anoa and the Lowland Anoa . Both live in undisturbed forest, and are essentially miniature Domestic buffalo, are similar in appearance to a deer, weighing 150–300 kg ...
      ,       Bubalus quarlesi


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
Wild Asian Water Buffalo

True Wild Asian Water Buffalo or Wild Asiatic Water Buffalo is an endangered species. It is thought to survive in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and Thailand....
, 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.

See also

  • List of Domestic Asian Water buffalo breeds
    List of Domestic Asian Water buffalo breeds

    Common Domestic Asian Water buffalo are the descendants of the now designated endangered species Wild Asian Water buffalo, bred predominantly in Asia for thousands of years for use by humans....