Wild Water Buffalo
Bubalus arnee
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 681
- Most observed in
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It was first described in 1792. The wild water buffalo is the most likely ancestor of the domestic water buffalo. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the global population totals less than 4,000 mature individuals.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Wild water buffalo”.