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SPECIES Bubalus mindorensis
Original Name: | Anoa mindorensis | Author: | Heude, 1888. | Citation: | Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin., 2: 50. | Common Name: | Tamarau | Type Locality: | Philippines, "l'ile de Mindoro". | Distribution: | Philippines, Mindoro. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Described independently as Bubalus mindorensis Heude, 1888 and Anoa mindorensis Steere, 1888. Reviewed by Custodio et al. (1996, Mammalian Species, 520). A subspecies of B. bubalis according to Bohlken (1958), but restored to specific status, in subgenus Bubalus by Groves (1969b:10). |
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