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Buffalo
Bubalus bubalis / Bubalus arnee
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Bubalus
- Species
- Varies
Ecology
Habitat: Wetlands, grasslands and river valleys
Diet: Herbivore
Behaviour: Herd animal that wallows in water and mud to thermoregulate.
Conservation: Wild water buffalo: Endangered (IUCN); domestic form not evaluated
About & Interesting Facts
Water buffalo are large bovids; the wild form is distinct from domestic buffalo.
- Wallowing helps control body temperature and parasites.
- Domesticated widely across South and Southeast Asia.