Bubalus depressicornis

(C. H. Smith, 1827)

Lowland Anoa

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Tribe : Bovini
Genus : Bubalus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, C.H. 1827-02-24. Part 11. Pp. 185–344 in Smith, C.H. 1827. The class Mammalia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Volume the Fourth. Geo. B. Whittaker, London, 498 pp.

Original name as described

Antilope depressicornis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:607a

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Celebes (= Sulawesi, Indonesia).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

B. depressicornis and B. quarlesi are considered distinct here as done in the original Groves and Grubb 2011 and in the IUCN until further genetic and morphological studies are done throughout the range of both species since there are speculations that there are between 1 and 4 recognizable species

Taxonomy notes citation

Burton, J., Wheeler, P. & Mustari, A. 2016. Bubalus depressicornis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T3126A46364222. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3126A46364222.en. Downloaded on 07 June 2017.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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