Bubalus grovesi

{{Short description|Extinct species of bovid}}

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| fossil_range = Late Pleistocene - Holocene

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| extinct = yes

| genus = Bubalus

| parent=Bubalus (Anoa)

| species = grovesi

| authority = Rozzi, 2017

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Bubalus grovesi is an extinct species of water buffalo that lived in southern Sulawesi during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene.{{cite journal |last1=Rozzi |first1=Roberto |title=A new extinct dwarfed buffalo from Sulawesi and the evolution of the subgenus Anoa: An interdisciplinary perspective |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |date=2017 |volume=157 |pages=188–205 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.12.011|doi-access=free }}

B. grovesi was an extremely small buffalo species, estimated at only {{convert|117|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. 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.{{cite book |last1=van der Geer |first1=Alexandra |last2=Lyras |first2=George |last3=de Vos |first3=John |title=Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands |date=April 27, 2021 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=9781119675747 |page=307}}

Category:Extinct animals of Indonesia