European Water Buffalo
Bubalus murrensis
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Genus information
Bubalus is an extant genus of bovines, called water buffaloes and anoas. Several species are still extant nowadays, like the Lowland Anoa and the Water Buffalo. The genus contains several extinct species that lived during Pleistocene and Holocene epoch in Eurasia. Typical characteristics are their curved, flat horns and their thick, muscular legs. Most of the species are bound to aquatic habitats, like floodplains and wet forests. They are herbivores and feed on grasses and leaves.
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Bovidae
Eurasia
Pleistocene to Holocene
Species information
The European Water Buffalo, B. murrensis, lived during the Pleistocene epoch of Europe. It very much resembles a Water Buffalo, but its horns were more triangular-shaped. A skull that was found in Germany had a total width of 107 cm! The European Water Buffalo lived in river valleys and was bound to aquatic habitats to feed on (aquatic) vegetation.
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Bubalus murrensis
Berckhemer, 1927
Europe
Pleistocene
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2.8 m
1.8 m
1.100 kg
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