Bubalus bubalis

species of large bovid originating in South Asia
DomainEukaryota • RegnumAnimalia • PhylumChordata • SubphylumVertebrata • InfraphylumGnathostomata • SuperclassisTetrapoda • ClassisMammalia • SubclassisTheria • InfraclassisEutheria • OrdoArtiodactyla • SubordoRuminantia • FamiliaBovidae • SubfamiliaBovinae • GenusBubalus • Species: Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

As ruled by Opinion 2027 the scientific name of the domesticated water buffalo can either be Bubalus bubalis (as a species) or Bubalus arnee bubalis (as a subspecies).

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The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee or Bubalus arnee arnee) can not be a subspecies of Bubalus bubalis, as has erroneously been stated in Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: (in error) and in ITIS link: (in error).

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