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‖ tamarau|ˈtæməraʊ| Also tamarao, timarau. [Native name.] A diminutive black buffalo, Bubalus mindorensis, peculiar to the island Mindoro, in the Philippines.
1898Guide Mammalia 68 Attention may likewise be directed to the small Philippine Buffalo.., or Tamarau. 1898Worcester Philippine Isl. xvi. 364 We had been tempted to visit the island [Mindoro] by stories of a strange animal called the ‘timarau’, which was said to abound in the interior. 1902Geogr. Jrnl. XIX. 622 The Tamarao, the remarkable anoa⁓like animal peculiar to Mindoro. |