Bubalus fudi is an extinct relative of water buffalo, which survived in the late Pleistocene.

The fossil of Bubalus fudi was discovered by a company (Beijing Fudi Investment Co., Ltd) in 2002 while digging the foundations of a building near Haidian District Qinghe railway station.

It was a complete skull fossil and published by researchers in 2008 as a new species.

Researchers use the company's name (Fudi) as the specific epithet of the species.

Researchers think that the appearance of species is close to Bubalus youngi.