Bubalus grovesi explained

Bubalus grovesi is an extinct species of water buffalo that lived in southern Sulawesi during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene.[1]

B. grovesi was an extremely small buffalo species, estimated at only 117kg (258lb). It experienced a body size reduction of about 90% from the typical water buffalo. The closest relatives of B. grovesi are the living anoa, which still inhabit Sulawesi today.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Rozzi . Roberto . A new extinct dwarfed buffalo from Sulawesi and the evolution of the subgenus Anoa: An interdisciplinary perspective . Quaternary Science Reviews . 2017 . 157 . 188–205 . 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.12.011. free .
  2. Book: van der Geer . Alexandra . Lyras . George . de Vos . John . Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands . April 27, 2021 . Wiley . 9781119675747 . 307.

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