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''Bubalus'' is a genus of bovines that was first described by Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827. This genus comprises the following living species: * Wild Asian water buffalo ''Bubalus arnee'' (Kerr, 1792) * Lowland anoa ''Bubalus depressicornis'' (Smith, 1827) * Tamaraw ''Bubalus mindorensis'' (Heude, 1888) * Mountain anoa ''Bubalus quarlesi'' (Ouwens, 1910) * and the domestic water buffalo ''Bubalus bubalis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) The nomenclature and classification of domestic animals as species, subspecies, races or breeds has been discussed controversially for many years and was inconsistent between authors.〔Gentry, A. Clutton-Brock, J., Groves, C. P. (2004). (''The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives'' ). Journal of Archaeological Science 31: 645–651.〕 Assessors of the Food and Agriculture Organisation consider domestic water buffalo populations as breeds.〔FAO (2013). (''Breeds from species: Buffalo''. ) Domestic Animal Diversity Information System, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome.〕 == Characteristics == Smith described ''Bubalus'' (from Greek βούβαλος, ''boúbalos'') as low in proportion to the bulk with very solid limbs, a small dewlap and a long, slender tail; the head is large and the forehead narrow, very strong and convex; the eyes are large, and the ears mostly funnel-shaped; horns are lying flat or bending laterally with a certain direction to the rear; the female udder has four mammae.〔Hamilton Smith, C. (1827). (''Bubalus''. ) In: Griffith, E. (ed.) ''The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization''. Class Mammalia, Volume 5. London: Geo. B. Whittaker.〕 Lydekker added that the line of back is nearly straight with 13 pairs of ribs; the tail is tufted and reaching about to the hocks; the horns are more or less markedly triangular for the greater part of their length and situated low down on the skull; the muzzle is broad, and the hair sparse in adults.〔Lydekker, R. 1913. (''Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History)''. ) London: British Museum (Natural History).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bubalus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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