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Bubalus bubalis

(domestic water buffalo)

Overview

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Endangered

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Karbouw, Waterbuffel

Common Names in English:

domestic water buffalo, Asian buffalo, Asian Water Buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, Indian buffalo, river buffalo, Water Buffalo, water buffalo (feral), Wild water buffalo

Common Names in French:

Buffle d'eau, Buffle de l'inde

Common Names in Spanish:

Bufalo arni

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: Wild buffalo are very dependent on the availability of water and historically their preferred habitats were low-lying alluvial grasslands and their surrounds; riparian forests and woodlands were also utilized. [1]

List of Habitats: 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 2.1 Savanna - Dry 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Bubalus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. arnee (Asian Buffalo) · B. bubalis (Domestic Water Buffalo) · B. depressicornis (Asiatic Buffaloes) · B. mephistopheles (Short-Horned Water Buffalo) · B. mindorensis (Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo) · B. quarlesi (Mountain Anoa)

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Further Reading

Notes

Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Hedges, S. (Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group) 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-04-17