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Bubalus mindorensis
Differentiated from the larger and more docile Asian Water Buffalo, the Tamaraw is the world's most endangered buffalo species. It bears distinctive V-shaped horns, a shorter tail and a shaggy coat of chocolate to ebony fur. Adults stand four feet tall and average 300 kilograms – about half as much as a typical Water Buffalo. Except for calving cows, adult Tamaraw are mostly solitary. Cornered or threatened, they can be aggressive, chasing their foes for up to a kilometer. During the Pleistocene Epoch some 12,000 years back, Tamaraw herds ranged across much of mainland Luzon. Sadly, this last population has taken severe blows – ranging from a crippling outbreak of cattle-killing Rinderpest in the 1930s to incessant land clearing and poaching. Today, only about 350 survive - holding out atop the grassy slopes and forest patches of Mts. Iglit, Baco, Aruyan, Bongabong, Calavite and Halcon in Mindoro.
Grassy slopes and densely-forested areas of Mindoro in the Philippines.
Images by Gregg Yan / WWF.
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