Mindoro vs Tamaraw - What's the difference?
mindoro | tamaraw |
Mindoro has no English definition.
A small, dark brown, hoofed buffalo, , found only on Mindoro in the Philippines.
* 1983 , National Research Council (U.S.) Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Managing Tropical Animal Resources: Little-Known Asian Animals with a Promising Economic Future ,
* 1994 , Mary Emanoil, Encyclopedia of Endangered Species , Volume 1, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources,
* 2010 , Patricia Sheridan, Locke: A Guide for the Perplexed ,
Mindoro is likely misspelled.
Mindoro has no English definition.
As a noun tamaraw is
a small, dark brown, hoofed buffalo, species: Bubalus mindorensis, found only on Mindoro in the Philippines.mindoro
Not English
Mindoro has no English definition. It may be misspelled.tamaraw
English
(wikipedia tamaraw)Alternative forms
* tamarau, tamaraoNoun
(en-noun)page 61,
- The habitat requirements of the tamaraw' appear to be fairly flexible, and present habitat use reflects human pressures rather than the animal's preferences. In the past, ' tamaraw were found in virtually all parts of Mindoro, from sea level to mountain tops.
page 364,
- In the early 1900s, there were an estimated 10,000 tamaraws on Mindoro; because of excessive hunting and loss of habitat, the population had decreased to less than 150-200 animals by 1971.
page 57,
- If that person explains that a tamaraw' is a bovine animal, brown in color, found in the Philippines, I can take '''tamaraw''' to designate something like my idea of a brown cow. As a matter of fact, though, ' tamaraw are actually more like small water buffalo.