''Bubalus palaeokerabau'' is an extinct species of

water buffalo The water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis''), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also found in Europe, Australia, North America, S ...

that was endemic to

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...

during the

Late Pleistocene The Late Pleistocene is an unofficial age in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, also known as Upper Pleistocene from a stratigraphic perspective. It is intended to be the fourth division of the Pleistocene Epoch within ...

. ''B. palaeokerabau'' can be distinguished from more recent domestic water buffalo introduced to Java by their larger size and their extremely long horns, which can be around long from tip to tip.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q108083546 Prehistoric bovids Pleistocene even-toed ungulates Pleistocene mammals of Asia Pleistocene extinctions Extinct animals of Indonesia