The fossil of a newly described species of extinct, dwarf water buffalo was found in the Philippine island of Cebu. While large domestic water buffalo stand six feet at the shoulder and weigh ...

Rangers tasked to protect the critically endangered Philippine tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) are facing a different kind of threat: hunger, as budget cuts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic bite into ...

The two domesticated buffaloes in the Philippines are different species, according to a study conducted by Filipino scientists. The Philippine native carabao or swamp buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis ...

The other is the tamaraw (Bubalus mindoroensis), a nearly extinct wild species found only on the Philippine island of Mindoro and about 20% bigger than its late cousin from Cebu.

Dubbed Bubalus cebuensis (BOO-buh-luhs seh-boo-EN-sis), the miniature buffalo [image] stood at just more than two feet, three times smaller than today's domestic buffalo, and weighed a mere 350 ...

Bubalus cebuensis, ... Michael Armas poses with the fossil bones he found on the Philippine island of Cebu and 40 years later donated to the Field Museum for study.

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino scientists discovered in their recent studies that the two subspecies of domesticated water buffaloes in the Philippines are distinct species. Traditionally, the ...

In light of these findings, the research team said the Philippine native carabao should now be classified as Bubalus kerabau Fitzinger, 1860. “The reclassification of the Bubalus bubalis carabanensis ...