Water Buffalo, domestic Asian water buffalo - Animals of the Asia picture galleries and information files.

Water Buffalo Welcome to Zonein's Animals of Asia information files.

Common name: Water Buffalo, domestic Asian water buffalo

Scientific name: Bubalus bubalis

Location: Asia

Size: height: up to 130 centimetres while females range up to 76 centimetres, weight up to 550 kilograms

Life Span: up to 20 years

Current Status: not endangered

Habitat: water and muddy areas

Fast facts:
---they were domesticated in India up to 5000 years ago
---they were domesticated in China up to 4000 years ago
---the present population is over 170 million animals
---Diet: aquatic plants

Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), Thailand.
picture by Da