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Bubalus

Bubalus bubalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	Bubalus C.H. Smith, 1827
Species
Bubalus bubalis Bubalus depressicornis Bubalus quarlesi Bubalus mindorensis Bubalus cebuensis

Bubalus is a genus of bovines, whose English name is buffalo. Species that belong to this genus are:

Subgenus Bubalus
- Water Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis
  - Carabao, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis
  - Water buffalo Bubalus bubalis bubalis
- Wild Asian Water Buffalo, Bubalus arnee
- Cebu dwarf buffalo Bubalus cebuensis †
- Short-horned Water Buffalo, Bubalus mephistopheles †
- Tamaraw, Bubalus mindorensis
- European water buffalo, Bubalus murrensis †
Subgenus Anoa
- Lowland Anoa, Bubalus depressicornis
- Mountain Anoa, Bubalus quarlesi

Some zoologists split the Water Buffalo into two or three species, the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo, the Philippines Carabao and the Wild Asian Water Buffalo, a rare endangered species which is the domestic buffalo's ancestor.

Dwarf Buffalo

The Tamaraw, Anoa and extinct Bubalus cebuensis are all island dwarf species of Bubalus.

Muntiacus	Indian Muntjac (M. muntjak) · Reeves's Muntjac (M. reevesi) · Hairy-fronted Muntjac (M. crinifrons) · Fea's Muntjac (M. feae) · Bornean Yellow Muntjac (M. atherodes) · Roosevelt's muntjac (M. rooseveltorum) · Gongshan muntjac (M. gongshanensis) · Giant Muntjac (M. vuquangensis) · Truong Son Muntjac (M. truongsonensis) · Leaf muntjac (M. putaoensis)

Elaphodus	Tufted deer (E. cephalophus)

Cervinae

Hydropotinae

Hydropotes

Water deer (H. inermis)

Capreolinae

Family Bovidae

Cephalophinae

Hippotraginae

Hippotragus	Roan Antelope (H. equinus) · Sable Antelope (H. niger)

Oryx	East African Oryx (O. beisa) · Scimitar Oryx (O. dammah) · Gemsbok (O. gazella) · Arabian Oryx (O. leucoryx)

Addax	Addax (A. nasomaculatus)

Reduncinae

Kobus	Upemba Lechwe (K. anselli) · Waterbuck (K. ellipsiprymnus) · Kob (K. kob) · Lechwe (K. leche) · Nile Lechwe (K. megaceros) · Puku (K. vardonii)

Redunca	Southern Reedbuck (R. arundinum) · Mountain Reedbuck (R. fulvorufula) · Bohor Reedbuck (R. redunca)

Aepycerotinae

Aepyceros

Impala (A. melampus)

Peleinae

Pelea

Grey Rhebok (P. capreolus)

Alcelaphinae

Beatragus	Hirola (B. hunteri)

Damaliscus	Korrigum (D. korrigum) · Common Tsessebe (D. lunatus) · Bontebok (D. pygargus) · Bangweulu Tsessebe (D. superstes)

Alcelaphus	Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) · Red Hartebeest (A. caama) · Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (A. lichtensteinii)

Connochaetes	Black Wildebeest (C. gnou) · Blue Wildebeest (C. taurinus)

Pantholopinae

Pantholops

Tibetan antelope (P. hodgsonii)

Caprinae

Large subfamily listed below

Bovinae

Large subfamily listed below

Antilopinae

Large subfamily listed below

Family Bovidae (subfamily Caprinae)

Ammotragus	Barbary Sheep (A. lervia)

Budorcas	Takin (B. taxicolor)

Capra	Wild goat (C. aegagrus) · West Caucasian Tur (C. caucasia) · East Caucasian Tur (C. cylindricornis) · Markhor (C. falconeri) · Alpine Ibex (C. ibex) · Nubian Ibex (C. nubiana) · Spanish Ibex (C. pyrenaica) · Siberian Ibex (C. sibirica) · Walia Ibex (C. walie)

Hemitragus	Nilgiri Tahr (H. hylocrius) · Arabian Tahr (H. jayakari) · Himalayan Tahr (H. jemlahicus)

Naemorhedus	Red Goral (N. baileyi) · Japanese Serow (N. crispus) · Long-tailed Goral (N. caudatus) · Gray Goral (N. goral) · Mainland Serow (N. sumatraensis) · Taiwan Serow (N. swinhoei)

Oreamnos	Mountain goat (O. americanus)

Ovibos	Muskox (O. moschatus)

Ovis	Argali (O. ammon) · Domestic sheep (O. aries) · Bighorn Sheep (O. canadensis) · Dall Sheep (O. dalli) · Mouflon (O. musimon) · Snow sheep (O. nivicola) · Urial (O. orientalis)

Pseudois	Bharal (P. nayaur) · Dwarf Blue Sheep (P. schaeferi)

Rupicapra	Pyrenean Chamois (R. pyrenaica) · Chamois (R. rupicapra)

Family Bovidae (subfamily Bovinae)

Boselaphini

Tetracerus	Four-horned Antelope (T. quadricornis)

Boselaphus	Nilgai (B. tragocamelus)

Bovini

Bubalus	Water Buffalo (B. bubalus) · Lowland Anoa (B. depressicornis) · Mountain Anoa (B. quarlesi) · Tamaraw (B. mindorensis)

Bos	Banteng (B. javanicus) · Gaur (B. gaurus) · Yak (B. mutus) · Cattle (B. taurus) · Kouprey (B. sauveli)

Pseudonovibos	Kting Voar (P. spiralis)

Pseudoryx	Saola (P. nghetinhensis)

Syncerus	African Buffalo (S. caffer)

Bison	American Bison (B. bison) · Wisent (B. bonasus)

Strepsicerotini

Tragelaphus	Sitatunga (T. spekeii) · Nyala (T. angasii) · Bushbuck (T. scriptus) · Mountain Nyala (T. buxtoni) · Lesser Kudu (T. imberbis) · Greater Kudu (T. strepsiceros) · Bongo (T. eurycerus)

Taurotragus	Common Eland (T. oryx) · Giant Eland (T. derbianus)

Family Bovidae (subfamily Antilopinae)

Antilopini

Saigini

Pantholops	Tibetan antelope (P. hodgsonii)

Saiga	Saiga Antelope (S. tatarica)

Neotragini

Dorcatragus	Beira (D. megalotis)

Madoqua	Günther's Dik-dik (M. guentheri) · Kirk's Dik-dik (M. kirkii) · Silver Dik-dik (M. piacentinii) · Salt's Dik-dik (M. saltiana)

Neotragus	Bates's Pygmy Antelope (N. batesi) · Suni (N. moschatus) · Royal Antelope (N. pygmaeus)

Oreotragus	Klipspringer (O. oreotragus)

Ourebia	Oribi (O. ourebi)

Raphicerus	Steenbok (R. campestris) · Cape Grysbok (R. melanotis) · Sharpe's Grysbok (R. sharpei)

Suborder Suina

Suidae

Tayassuidae

Tayassu	White-lipped Peccary (T. pecari)

Catagonus	Chacoan Peccary (C. wagneri)

Pecari	Collared Peccary (P. tajacu) · Giant Peccary (P. maximus)

Suborder Tylopoda

Camelidae

Lama	Llama (L. glama) · Guanaco (L. guanicoe)

Vicugna	Vicuña (V. vicugna) · Alpaca (V. pacos)

Camelus	Dromedary (C. dromedarius) · Bactrian Camel (C. bactrianus)

Cetartiodactyla (unranked clade, higher than Artiodactyla)

Hippopotamidae

Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus (H. amphibius)

Choeropsis	Pygmy Hippopotamus (C. liberiensis)

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Bubalus

Dwarf Buffalo

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