Summary, Status in W Palearctic=Globally Extinct ⁴

Bubalus murrensis, the European water buffalo, is an extinct Bovine that lived in Europe during the Pleistocene. Its closest living relatives are the Wild Asian water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), the Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis), the Lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis), the Mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the domestic water bufallo (Bubalus bubalis).

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1. (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/7789040420/
2. (c) Stan van Remmerden, all rights reserved, uploaded by Stan van Remmerden
3. (c) Ghedoghedo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bubalus_murrensis.JPG
4. Adapted by Stan van Remmerden from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubalus_murrensis

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