Bubalus grovesi
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| Bubalus grovesi Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Holocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bubalus |
| Subgenus: | Anoa |
| Species: | †B. grovesi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bubalus grovesi Rozzi, 2017[1] | |
Bubalus grovesi is an extinct species of bovine that once lived in southern Sulawesi during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs.[1]
B. grovesi was an extremely small buffalo species, estimated at only 117 kg (258 lb).[1] It experienced a body size reduction of about 90% from the typical water buffalo. The closest relatives of B. grovesi are the two living species of anoa, which still inhabit Sulawesi today.[2]
