Bubalus grovesi

Bubalus grovesi is an extinct species of water buffalo that lived in southern Sulawesi during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene.^[1]

Bubalus grovesi Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	Bubalus
Subgenus:	Anoa
Species:	†B. grovesi
Binomial name
†Bubalus grovesi Rozzi, 2017[1]

B. grovesi was an extremely small buffalo species, estimated at only 117 kg (258 lb).^[1] It experienced a body size reduction of about 90% from the typical water buffalo. The closest relatives of B. grovesi are the living anoa, which still inhabit Sulawesi today.^[2]