BUBALUS CEBUENSIS

'''Bubalus cebuensis''' is a fossil dwarf buffalo discovered in the Philippines, and first described in 2006.

Contents

Anatomy and morphology

Evolutionary history

See also

Bibliography

References

External links

Anatomy and morphology

The most distinctive feature of ''B. cebuensis'' was its small size. Large contemporary domestic water buffalo stand six feet at the shoulder and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds, ''B. cebuensis'' would have stood only two-and-one-half feet and weighed about 350 pounds, smaller than another dwarf species ''B. mindorensis''.Croft, D.A. L. R. Heaney, J. J. Flynn, and A. P. Bautista. 2006. FOSSIL REMAINS OF A NEW, DIMINUTIVE ''BUBALUS'' (ARTIODACTYLA: BOVIDAE: BOVINI) FROM CEBU ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. ''Journal of Mammalology'' 87:1037–1051
The fossil specimen is likely Pleistocene or Holocene in age.

Evolutionary history

The fossil was discovered in a horizontal tunnel in soft karst at approximately 50 m elevation in K-Hill near Balamban, Cebu Island, Philippines by mining engineer Michael Armas.^[1] The fossil was donated to America's Field Museum where it stayed un-analysed for almost 50 years.

See also

★ Bubalus mindorensis

Bibliography

References

1. New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines, EurekAlert, October 17, 2006

External links

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