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Lowland anoa | |
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Lowland anoa (B. depressicornis) at the Surabaya Zoo, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Genus: | Bubalus |
Subgenus: | Anoa |
Species: | B. depressicornis
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Binomial name | |
Bubalus depressicornis Smith, 1827
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Synonyms | |
Anoa depressicornis |
The lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) is a species of buffalo endemic to Sulawesi. Its closest relative is the mountain anoa, and it is still a debate as to whether the two are the same species or not.[3] It is also related to the water buffalo, and both are classified in the genus Bubalus.