Bubalus palaeokerabau is an extinct species of water buffalo that was endemic to Java during the Late Pleistocene.
| Bubalus palaeokerabau Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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| Partial skull fossil at Naturalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bubalus |
| Species: | †B. palaeokerabau
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| Binomial name | |
| †Bubalus palaeokerabau (Dubois, 1908)[1]
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B. palaeokerabau can be distinguished from more recent domestic water buffalo introduced to Java by their larger size and their extremely long horns, which can be around 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long from tip to tip.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Bubalus palaeokerabau". Fossilworks.
- ^ Hooijer, D.A. (1958). "Fossil Bovidae from the Malay archipelago and the Punjab". Zoologische Verhandelingen van de Museum Leiden. 38: 1–112.
- ^ Albers, P.; de Vos, J. (2010). Through Eugène Dubois' Eyes: Stills of a Turbulent Life. Brill. p. 54. ISBN 9789004183001.