Endangered
Mountain anoa
Bubalus quarlesi
The mountain anoa also known as Quarle's anoa, is a dwarf buffalo endemic to Sulawesi.
Appearance
According to Groves (1969), the mountain anoa can be distinguished from other species by its smaller size and thick, woolly coat that is sometimes white on its face and legs.
Standing at only 70 cm (28 in) at the shoulder, the mountain anoa is the smallest of all living wild cattle, being slightly smaller even than the lowland anoa.
Both species typically weigh between 150–300 kg (330–660 lb).
Range and habitat
The mountain anoa also known as Quarle's anoa, is a dwarf buffalo endemic to Sulawesi.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
Fewer than 5,000 animals of each species likely remain. The leading causes of their population decline are hunting by local villagers for meat as well as habitat loss. Logging is a big threat as both species prefer core forested habitats that are far away from humans and the influences that come with them.
This habitat fragmentation also alters the natural mixing of populations of the anoa. It is listed as an endangered species under the United States Endangered Species Act.
CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.
Mountain anoa is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Mountain anoa, Wikidata item Q769957. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
