Species Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bos bubalis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [72].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in ZIUU or NHRM), 'Asia, cultus in Italia'; Thomas (1911: 154) identified the type locality as 'Italy (Rome)'.

  Type locality references:

  Thomas, O. 1911. The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911: 120-158.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85

 

Generic Combinations

• Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Indonesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, folivore, gregarious, herbivore, sedentary, springs, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Feral.

 

General References

Bowman, M.J.S. & Robinson, C.J. 2002. The getting of the Nganabbarru: observations and reflections of Aboriginal buffalo hunting in northern Australia. Australian Geographer 33(2): 191-206

Caldwell, H.S. 1977. The Water Buffalo. Rome : FAO/UN xvi 283 pp.

Clutton-Brock, J. 1981. Domesticated Animals from Early Times. London : British Museum 208 pp.

Cockrill, W.R. (ed.) 1974. The Husbandry and Health of the Domestic Buffalo. Rome : FAO/UN xvi 993 pp.

Corbett, L.K. 1995. Swamp Buffalo Bubalus bubalis. pp. 723-725 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Ford, B.D. 1982. Productivity and management of the water buffalo in Australia. Northern Territory Department of Primary Production, Division of Agriculture and Stock, Technical Bulletin 61: i-v 1-40-8 pls

Ford, B.D. & Tulloch, D.G. 1982. The Australian Buffalo: a collection of papers. Technical Bulletin No. 62. Darwin : Department of Primary Production.

Friend, G.R. & Taylor, J.A. 1984. Ground surface features attributable to feral buffalo, Bubalus bubalis. II Their relationship to the abundance of small animal species. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 311-324

Groves, C.P. 1981. Systematic relationships in the Bovini (Artiodactyla, Bovidae). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 264-278

Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch der Zoologie Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16

Letts, G.A., Bassingthwaighte, A. & de Vos, W.E.L. 1979. Feral Animals in the Northern Territory. Report of the Board of Inquiry 1979. N.T. : Govt. Printer xvi 234 pp.

Long, J.L. 1972. Introduced birds and mammals in Western Australia. Agricultural Protection Board Western Australia Technical Service 1: 1-30

McKnight, T. 1976. Friendly vermin. A survey of feral livestock in Australia. University of California Publications in Geography 21: i-viii 1-104

Ridpath, M.G., Begg, R.J., Dudzinski, M.L., Forbes, M.A. & Graham, A. 1983. Counting the same populations of large tropical mammals from the ground and from the air. Australian Wildlife Research 10: 487-498

Skeat, A.J., East, T.J. & Corbett, L.K. 1996. Impacts of feral water buffalo. pp. 155-177 in Finlayson, C.M. & von Oertzen, I. (eds). Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia. Netherlands : Kluwer.

Williams, C.K. & Ridpath, M.G. 1982. Rates of herbage ingestion and turnover of water and sodium in feral swamp buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, in relation to primary production in a cyperaceous swamp in monsoonal Northern Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 9: 397-408

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Swamp Buffalo)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [115] (Water Buffalo)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Dec-2010		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)