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Genus Bubalus Smith, 1827

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Genus Bubalus Smith, 1827

  • Bubalus Smith, C.H. 1827. Order VII . - Ruminantia. Pecora, Lin. pp. 296-376 in Griffith, E., Smith, C.H. & Pidgeon, E. (eds). The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. (Subtitled Synopsis of the species of the Class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists. With specific characters, synonyma, &c. &c.). London : G.B. Whittaker Vol. 5 391 pp. [1826–1827; Vol. 5 subtitled Synopsis of the species of the Class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists. With specific characters, synonyma, &c. &c.] [371] [originally made available as a subgenus of Bos Linnaeus, 1758].
    Type species:
     Bos caffer Sparrman, 1779 by subsequent designation, see Sclater, W.L. 1900. The Mammals of South Africa. Primates, Carnivora and Ungulata. London : R.H. Porter Vol. 1 xxxii 324 pp. [253]

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

The Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental and Neotropial Regions and also in the Philippine Ils, Guam, Timor and Papua New Guinea by introduction as a domesticated species, probably native only to S and SE Asia.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Ethiopia

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf
    • Western Australia: N coastal
  • Guam
  • Papua New Guinea

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia
  • Philippines

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

  • Caldwell, H.S. 1977. The Water Buffalo. Rome : FAO/UN xvi 283 pp.
  • Cockrill, W.R. (ed.) 1974. The Husbandry and Health of the Domestic Buffalo. Rome : FAO/UN xvi 993 pp.
  • Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. London : British Museum viii 226 pp.
  • Grubb, P. 1993. Order Artiodactyla. pp. 377-414 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A.M. (eds). Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Washington : Smithsonian Institute
  • Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch Zoologisches Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16