Water buffalo
Bubalus bubalis
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Bubalus bubalis
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, Oceania
- Habitat
- Wetlands, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Not evaluated (domestic)
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It has few sweat glands, so it cools off by wallowing in mud or water.
- Its milk is used for real Italian mozzarella di bufala.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q42710 · All animals · All entries