Encyclopedia > Bubalus

Article Content

Bubalus

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

Bubalus bubalis, the river water buffalo
Bubalus carabanesis, the swamp water buffalo
Bubalus depressicornis, the lowland anoa
Bubalus quarlesi, the mountain anoa
Bubalus mindorensis, the tamaraw

Some zoologists consider the river and swamp water buffalos to be a single species, the water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) with the two as subspecies.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Bullying

... power, from the Greek language turannos. In Classical Antiquity[?] it did not always have inherently negative implications, it merely designated anyone who ...