Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, stocky, short-horned buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis) of the island of Mindoro in the Philippines.
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- noun A small, dark brown,
hoofed buffalo , Bubalus mindorensis, found only on Mindoro in thePhilippines .
Etymologies
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"First discovered in 1888, the tamaraw is three feet tall and has a weight of 300 kilograms."
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The tamaraw, or Bubalus mindorensis had been threatened by big-game hunters, deforestation by settlers, loggers and ranchers that placed it on the world's endangered list by 1970.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The largest and most impressive of the mammals in the Philippines is the tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis, CR), a dwarf water buffalo that lives only on Mindoro Island.
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The tamaraw needs both dense vegetation for resting and open grazing land.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
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The tamaraw numbered approximately 10,000 animals at the turn of the century and approximately 1,000 by 1949, and today estimates range from 100 to 200 animals.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
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Hunting by local people is a threat to all large mammals in the ecoregion, including the tamaraw, Philippine deer, and Philippine warty pig.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
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The most unique animal feature of Mindoro must be the tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis), or dwarf water buffalo.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
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The combination of burning to maintain pasture for domestic cattle, ranching, and uncontrolled hunting activities leaves this protected area substantially altered, and the park is an insecure refuge for the endangered tamaraw.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
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The tamaraw, like the anoas of Sulawesi (Anoa spp.), are wary forest animals, just over 1 m tall at the shoulder.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
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The park covers the east-west divide and includes several physiographic regions and an important tamaraw population.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
mollusque commented on the word tamaraw
The Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo, threatened with extinction.
July 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word tamaraw
Yesssssss!
July 23, 2008
mollusque commented on the word tamaraw
And, it turns out, also the name of a model of Toyota sold in the Philippines.
Edit: new image linked as previous one no longer online.
July 25, 2008
bilby commented on the word tamaraw
Also tamarau.
September 7, 2022