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domestic Asian water buffalo

Bubalus bubalis

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Field Notes

Description:

Albino Water buffalos are very appreciated for funeral sacrifices or Fighting Festivals, and are trained on the river for muscle development.

Habitat:

Spotted at Tana Toraja, Sulawesi - Indonesia, the water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo is a large bovid originating in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Tribe: Bovini
Genus: Bubalus
Species: B. bubalis

Reference Links:

Water buffalo - Wikipedia

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