Bubalus mindorensis

Heude, 1888

Tamaraw

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

Heude, P.M. 1888-07. Études sur les ruminants de l'Asie orientale. Cerfs des Philippines et de l'Indo-Chine. Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois 2(1):1-51.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c039703219?urlappend=%3Bseq=60%3Bownerid=13510798903496327-66

Original name as described

Bubalus mindorensis

Other common names

Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo

Type material

SNHM 1590/1251/24231

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mindoro Island, Philippines, exact location unknown.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006271

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Bubalus mindorensis

Heude, 1888

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mindorensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SNHM 1590/1251/24231

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c039703219?urlappend=%3Bseq=60%3Bownerid=13510798903496327-66

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

  1. Hollister (1911:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20726)
  2. Christy (1929:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42008)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3127/50737640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anoa mindorensis

(Steere in P. L. Sclater, 1888)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mindorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

UMMZ 84106

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18643971

Authority publication

Nature

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Probubalus Mindorensis

(Steere, 1890)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mindorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40202734

Authority publication

Ann Arbor

Name usages

Morlot (1929:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67257)

Bos mindorensis

(Lydekker, 1898)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mindorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370088

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1898:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  2. Ward (1910:431, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Lydekker (1913:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

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