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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Karbouw, Waterbuffel
Common Names in English:
domestic water buffalo, Asian buffalo, Asian Water Buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, Indian buffalo, river buffalo, Water Buffalo, water buffalo (feral), Wild water buffalo
Common Names in French:
Buffle d'eau, Buffle de l'inde
Common Names in Spanish:
Bufalo arni
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Wild buffalo are very dependent
on the availability of water and
historically their preferred habitats
were low-lying alluvial
grasslands
and their surrounds; riparian
forests
and woodlands were also utilized.
[1]
List of Habitats:
1.5
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
2.1
Savanna
- Dry
4.5
Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
)
- Owen, 1848
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
)
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bubalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. arnee (Asian Buffalo) · B. bubalis (Domestic Water Buffalo) · B. depressicornis (Asiatic Buffaloes) · B. mephistopheles (Short-Horned Water Buffalo) · B. mindorensis (Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo) · B. quarlesi (Mountain Anoa)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-552476
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815625
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552476
- IUCN ID: 3129
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2575
Footnotes
- Hedges, S. (Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group) 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
