Water Buffalo
Bubalus bubalis
The Water Buffalo is a large, domesticated bovine native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, renowned for its strength and adaptability to wet environments. With its robust body, wide-spreading horns, and distinctive dark gray to black skin, the water buffalo is well-suited for working in rice paddies and marshy lands. It has been domesticated for thousands of years, providing milk, meat, leather, and serving as a draft animal in agriculture. Wild populations are now rare, with most water buffalo being domesticated and integral to rural livelihoods in many Asian countries.
Mammal Wetlands, swamps, marshes, and river valleys
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