anoan.
An animal of the genus of the same name; a small wild ox of Sulawesi.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Anoa > anoa depressicornis (anoa)
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1845 Ld. Derby 6 Nov. in J. E. Gray Gleanings Menagerie Knowsley (1850) ii. 47, I have arranged our exchange for the Anoa and Burchell's Zebra.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 695/2 The singular ruminant, Anoa.
1888 Athenæum 1 Dec. 740/1 Prof. J. B. Steere [read a paper] on the ‘tamaron’, a bovine animal found in the island of Mindoro, Philippines, which he believed to be allied to the anoa of Celebes.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Sept. p. iv/2 The Anoa, or dwarf buffalo, is confined to the island of Celebes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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