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🐃Tamaraw

Bubalus mindorensis Heude, 1888

The tamaraw or Mindoro dwarf buffalo is a small buffalo belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, to have once also lived on the nearby island of Luzon. The tamaraw was originally found throughout Mindoro, from the coast to over 2000 metres above sea level in the mountains, but because of hunting and habitat loss, it is now restricted to a few remote grassy plains and is a critically endangered species.

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Also called
Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo, Tamarau, Tamarou, Taumarau
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
244 kg
Body length
2.2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
28 years
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Everything we know about the Tamaraw

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
244 kg
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  • 240 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length
2.2 m
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Maximum lifespan
28 years
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Generation length
9.99 years
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Age at maturity
2.1 years
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Gestation
303 days
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  • 300 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Volume l
244 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Tamaraw yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Mindoro-Büffel (de), Bubalus mindorensis (es), Tamarau (fr), Wół mindorski (pl), תאו הפיליפינים (he), 타마러우 (ko) … and 24 more languages
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