WHITE WATER BUFFALO
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- May 5, 2021
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Common Name: White Water Buffalo
Scientific Name: Bubalus bubalis
Class: Mammals
Diet: Herbivore
Size: Height around 200 cm and weight is 1200 kg
Average Lifespan: Around 25 years
Origin: Asia
Conservation Status: Endangered (IUCN Red List 1986)
Physical Description
This is the large animals are somewhat cow in appearance, with stout bodies and thick horns.
Their horns extend outwards from their heads, and then point back towards their shoulders. They are quite heavy animals.
Habitat
Swamps, grassland, savannas, lowland floodplains, glades and mixes forests. (Never far from water)
Did You Know?
There have 130 million domestic buffalo exist in the world.
They are the great swimmer and can run fast.
White water buffalo spend much of their time in water to keep cool and to remove parasite, flies and small insect.
They are used for plow the rice paddies because rice fields are under water, they are perfectly adapted to working in these semi-aquatic environment.
Their horns are used to protect them against predators.
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