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Bubalus palaeokerabau

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Bubalus palaeokerabau
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Partial skull fossil at Naturalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bubalus
Species:
B. palaeokerabau
Binomial name
Bubalus palaeokerabau
(Dubois, 1908)[1]

Bubalus palaeokerabau is an extinct species of water buffalo that was endemic to Java during the Late Pleistocene.

B. palaeokerabau can be distinguished from more recent domestic water buffalo introduced to Java by their larger size and their extremely long horns, which can be around 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long from tip to tip.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bubalus palaeokerabau". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ Hooijer, D.A. (1958). "Fossil Bovidae from the Malay archipelago and the Punjab". Zoologische Verhandelingen van de Museum Leiden. 38: 1–112.
  3. ^ Albers, P.; de Vos, J. (2010). Through Eugène Dubois' Eyes: Stills of a Turbulent Life. Brill. p. 54. ISBN 9789004183001.