MAMMALS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 45 



Family BOVID^. 



Genus BUBALUS Smith. 



1827. Bubalus H. Smith, Griffith's Cuvier, 5, 371. Type. — Bos bubalm 

 SwiTH—Bos bubalis Linnaeus. 



Large buffaloes (carabao and tamarao) ; both sexes with hol- 

 low horns. 



Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus). 



1758. Bos bubalis Linnaeus, Syst. nat, 10 ed., 1, 72. 

 1894. Bubalus kerabau ferns Nehring, Sitz.-Ber. Ges. Nat. Freunde 

 Berlin, No. 8, 187, October 16. (Luzon.) 



Type locality. — Rome, Italy (introduced from southern Asia). 

 Luzon (Worcester) ; Masbate (Worcester) ; Mindoro (Worces- 

 ter) ; Negros (Worcester) . 



Bubalus mainitensis Heude. 



1888. Bubalus mainitensis Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chinois, 2, 

 205. 



Type locality. — Lake Mainit, Mindanao (domesticated). Min- 

 danao (Heude). 



Bubalus mindorensis Heude. 



1888. Bubalus mindorensis Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chinois, 



2, 50, August. 

 1888. Anoa mindorensis Steere, in Sclater, Nature, 38, 364, August, 



16. 

 1888. Probubalus mindorensis Steere, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 415, 



November 20. 



Type locality. — Mindoro. Mindoro (Heude). 



Bubalus moellendorffi Nehring. 



1894. Bubalus moellendorffi Nehring, Sitz.-Ber. Ges. Nat. Freunde zu 

 Berlin, No. 8, 185, October 16. 



Type locality. — Busuanga Island, Calamianes. Busuanga 

 (Nehring) ; Culion (Trouessart). 



Order SIRENIA. 



Family DUGONGID^. 



Genus DUGONG Lacepede. 



1799. Dugong Lacepede, Tabl. Mamm., 17. Type. — Dugong indicus = 

 Trichecus dugon MtJLLEE. 



Large marine mammals (adults about 2.5 meters long) ; no 

 posterior limbs; no nails on fore limbs; tail flattened and hori- 

 zontally expanded. 



