Taxonavigation

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Bovinae
Genus: Bubalus
Species: Bubalus bubalis
Subspecies: B. b. bubalis – B. b. carabanesis – B. b. fulvus – B. b. kerabau – B. b. migona – B. b. theerapati

Name

• Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Bos bubalis
  • Type locality: "Habitat in Asia, cultus in Italia". Restricted by Thomas 1911: 154 to Italy, Rome, but Linnaeus' (1758) comment indicates Asia (India?)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 : 72.
• Bubalus bubalis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

• Thomas, O. (1911). The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(1): 120-158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1911.tb06995.x . BHL. Reference page. 

• ICZN 2003. OPINION 2027 (Case 3010). Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 60(1): 81–85. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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